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High Cities of Bone

2017 · 19 min

A quiet, observational short that lingers on displacement and belonging, feeling raw and human without melodrama.

Directed by: João Salaviza
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Carlos Furtado Gomes, Xama Cabral, Maria do Céu Magalhães

Overview: Karlon, born in Pedreira dos Húngaros (a slum in the outskirts of Lisbon) and a pioneer of Cape Verdean creole rap, runs away from the housing project to which he had been relocated.

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Directed by: João Salaviza
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Carlos Furtado Gomes, Xama Cabral, Maria do Céu Magalhães

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
class
music
family
Places: suburbs
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: João Salaviza
Written by: Renée Nader Messora, João Salaviza, Carlos Furtado Gomes
Starring: Carlos Furtado Gomes, Xama Cabral, Maria do Céu Magalhães, Leonor Ferreira
Cinematography: Vasco Viana
Runtime: 19 min
Country: Portugal
Languages: Portuguese

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