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The Sky Above

2011 · 72 min

A quiet, drifting blend of fact and fiction that asks you to sit with lonely lives and find the poetry in them.

Directed by
Sérgio Borges
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Overview
Blurring borders between documentary and fiction, this film portrays a few moments from the lives of three people from Belo Horizonte: a transsexual prostitute and academic, a Hare Krishna soccer fan and a would-be writer.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Identity, isolation, faith, sexuality
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Sérgio Borges
Genres
Documentary, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary, drama
Directed by
Sérgio Borges
Written by
Sérgio Borges
Starring
Edjucu Moio, Mário Jorge, Sarug Dagir
Cinematography
Ivo Lopes Araújo
Runtime
72 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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