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Ery Claver makes his directorial debut with this surreal urban tale, produced by the film collective Geração 80. A Chinese shop owner and part-time poet puts a plastic figure of the Virgin Mary up for sale, assuring potential buyers of its holy power. The presence of the object sets off a chain of events: a mourning mother finds some solace, a barber founds a new cult and a young boy seeks revenge for his missing dog.
Throughout, Claver is committed to finding ways to expand the camera’s engagement with reality, striving to capture the dreams and paradoxes of his characters as their lives play out in a city full of resentment and greed, but also friendship and imagination.
03:45 pm
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
Cinema 1
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