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Sanã

2013 · 18 min

A quiet, sun-bleached portrait that drifts like wind over dunes, asking you to sit with solitude and watch a boy make a world of his own.

Directed by
Marcos Pimentel
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sanã
Overview
An albino boy named Sanã lives on the island of Lençóis, an untouched paradise in northeastern Maranhão state. Surrounded by dunes, he is mimicked in a very white landscape, under a scalding sun from which he cannot escape. In this microcosm ruled by wind and the tides, Sanã builds his own private world.

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Directed by
Marcos Pimentel
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sanã
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • nature
    • coming-of-age
    Places
    • wilderness
    • sea
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Marcos Pimentel
    Written by
    Marcos Pimentel, Ivan Morales Jr.
    Starring
    Sanã
    Cinematography
    Matheus da Rocha Pereira
    Runtime
    18 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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