Underplayed Gems

The Dead and the Others (2018)

The Dead and the Others poster
Original title
Chuva É Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos
Directed by
Renée Nader Messora, João Salaviza
Genre
drama film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young Indigenous man in a remote Brazilian village starts seeing visions of the dead. He must reconcile his traditional community's rituals with the grief of losing his father.

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What happens

The Dead and the Others (Portuguese: Chuva é Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos, lit. 'Rain is Singing in the Village of the Dead') is a 2018 internationally co-produced drama film directed by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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