Colossal Youth (2006)

Original title

Juventude Em Marcha

Directed by

Pedro Costa

Genre

drama film, art film

Country

France, Portugal, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Ventura, a Cape Verdean immigrant living in a poor Lisbon neighborhood, as he wanders through his past and present. It mixes documentary and fiction to reflect on life after a revolution.

slow-pacedcontemplativestaticdocumentary-likeintimatemeditativebleakquiet

What happens

Colossal Youth (Portuguese: Juventude em Marcha, literally "Youth on the March") is a 2006 docufiction feature film directed by Portuguese director Pedro Costa. It was third feature by Costa set in Lisbon's Fontainhas neighborhood (after Ossos and In Vanda's Room), and the first to feature the recurring character Ventura. Colossal Youth was shot on DV in long, static takes; it also mixes documentary and fiction storytelling. The film is a meditation on the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution and its consequences for Portugal's poverty-stricken Cape Verdean immigrants. It was part of the Official Competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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