Memory House (2020)

Original title

Casa de Antiguidades

Directed by

João Paulo Miranda Maria

Genre

drama film

Country

Brazil, France

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

16

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Black man living in a small Brazilian town faces racism and isolation. He retreats into his memory house, a place filled with objects that connect him to his past and culture.

slow-burnmelancholiclonelyintrospectivevisually lushquietcontemplativeatmospheric

What happens

Memory House (Portuguese: Casa de Antiguidades) is a 2020 drama film directed by João Paulo Miranda Maria. The film was part of the selection of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was named as an Official Selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, although it was not able to screen at Cannes due to the cancellation of the festival in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. The film won the Roger Ebert Award at the 2020 Chicago International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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