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Fragments of life (film) (2001)

Fragments of life (film) poster
Original title
Living with Lydia
Directed by
José Medina
Runtime
30 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film shows slices of everyday life in a Brazilian city. It follows ordinary people going through their routines and struggles.

melancholicobservationalgroundedrestrainedslow-burnintimatepoetic

What happens

Fragments of Life (Brazilian Portuguese: Fragmentos da vida) is a 1929 Brazilian silent drama film directed by José Medina. It was the last production of Rossi-Film and was acclaimed as "the most daring portrait of Brazilian urban life" (Cinearte, April 1929), and is today considered a pioneering work of national cinematographic realism. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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