Memory House - 2548

Name: Memory House - 2548
Brand: Dream Books Co.
SKU: DBV.B09LSH7GVT.G
Price: 6.68 USD
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Product Description In this audacious debut feature, Joao Paulo Miranda Maria conjures a surreal image of the racial and social rifts in modern day Brazil. Cristovam (played by Cinema Novo icon Antônio Pitanga), an Indigenous Black man from the rural North, moves to an industrialized Southern town populated by the descendants of Austrian ex-pats to work in a milk factory. Immediately confronted with their virulent racism, he becomes more and more estranged from the white world. Upon discovering an abandoned house filled with objects reminding him of his origins, Cristovam begins a spiritual and physical metamorphosis... With dreamlike images steeped in traditional Brazilian folklore from cinematographer Benjamin Echazarreta (Academy Award winner A Fantastic Woman), Memory House is a “a study of what happens to an oppressed minority as decades of abuse chip away at his humanity” and “a timely commentary on integration and colonialism” (Variety). Bonus features include Director's Commentary with João Paulo Miranda Maria and short film The Girl Who Danced With The Deviil, directed by Joao Paulo Miranda Maria. Review "Everything from the imagery to the performances and measured pace makes João Paulo Miranda Maria’s Memory House one of the most memorable films of the year." Andrew Stover, Film Threat "This dream-like slow-burn drama comes off like a waking nightmare. Maria uses imagery from Brazilian folklore to deploy a haunting interrogation of colonialism’s treacherous legacy. This uncompromising tale of one man’s spiritual reawakening is one of the year’s most ferocious social commentaries." Victor Stiff, That Shelf "With its supernatural flourishes and its unsparing take on a Brazil that looks both dystopian and nostalgic in equal measure, Miranda Maria’s debut feature is an impressive calling card. “Memory House” is, above all, a fable about identities lost and cultural artifacts in need of recovery that doubles as a thrilling and foreboding ride designed to rattle audiences at home and abroad with equal verve." Manuel Betancourt, Variety
ASIN: B09LSH7GVT
VSKU: DBV.B09LSH7GVT.G
Condition: Good
Binding: DVD

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