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The Dead Girl's Feast

2009 · 115 min

A slow, oppressive immersion into a remote community's fabricated faith, where grief and exploitation blur in a humid, unsettling atmosphere.

Overview
The story of Santinho, a young man who has been exalted to the position of a saint in a remote riverine community of the upper Amazonas state, after performing a “miracle” upon the suicide of his own mother. The film seeks to be an intimate picture of those who are involved in this sect and of the infinite human capacity of “fabricating” faith and seeking some sense in the horrifying experience of death.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • grief
  • corruption
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Matheus Nachtergaele
Written by
Matheus Nachtergaele, Hilton Lacerda
Starring
Daniel de Oliveira, Dira Paes, Juliano Cazarré, Cássia Kis, Jackson Antunes, Paulo José, Conceição Camaroti, Francisco Mendes
Music
Matheus Nachtergaele
Runtime
115 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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