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Horse Money

2014 · 105 min

A slow, haunted drift through memory and shadow, beautiful and oppressive, where history presses down and the past will not let go.

Directed by
Pedro Costa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ventura, Vitalina Varela, Tito Furtado
Overview
While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.

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Directed by
Pedro Costa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ventura, Vitalina Varela, Tito Furtado
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • isolation
    • immigration
    • grief
    • class
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    • unreliable narrator
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror4
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness8
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight8

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
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    Written by
    Pedro Costa
    Starring
    Ventura, Vitalina Varela, Tito Furtado, Antonio Santos, Gustavo Sumpta, André Guiomar, Benvindo Tavares, Alberto 'Lento' Barros
    Cinematography
    Leonardo Simões
    Runtime
    105 min
    Country
    Portugal
    Languages
    Portuguese

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