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Ana

1982 · 110 min

A hushed, contemplative drift through rural life and memory, more like watching time and landscape breathe than following a story.

Directed by: António Reis, Margarida Cordeiro
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ana Maria Martins Guerra, Octávio Lixa Filgueiras, Manuel Ramalho Eanes

Overview: Centered on an elderly matriarch and her family in the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal. An exploration of the cycle of life and death, using the main character, Ana, as an emblem of a life lived in harmony with nature and tradition.

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Directed by: António Reis, Margarida Cordeiro
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ana Maria Martins Guerra, Octávio Lixa Filgueiras, Manuel Ramalho Eanes

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
aging
death
nature
memory
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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