Underplayed Gems

Alma Viva (2022)

Alma Viva poster
Directed by
Cristèle Alves Meira
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Portugal, Belgium
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
TP
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young girl spends summer in her Portuguese village. She witnesses her grandmother's mysterious death and must navigate family secrets and old superstitions.

family dramaearthysensorymysticalatmosphericgroundedfolkloricmeditative

What happens

Alma Viva é um filme português de 2022, realizado pela luso-francesa Cristèle Alves Meira, sendo o filme mais premiado na 12ª edição dos Prémios Sophia. Venceu, ainda, o prémio de melhor filme nos Globos de Ouro de Portugal 2023. Produzido pela Midas Filmes em co-produção com França e Bélgica, estreou na Semana da Crítica, do Festival de Cinema de Cannes. O filme marca a estreia em realização de longa-metragem da luso-descendente Cristèle Alves Meira, já conhecida pelas curtas “Campo de Víboras” (2016) e “Invisível Herói” (2019), ambas com estreia em Cannes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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