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Through Shadows

2010 · 84 min

A quiet, contemplative portrait that drifts like light through a studio, rewarding patience with a gentle, reflective intimacy.

Directed by
Catarina Mourão
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lourdes Castro
Overview
'One day I realized it no longer made sense to make things to hang on walls'... Lourdes Castro became known as the artist 'who took care of shadows'. Throughout her international career as an artist, Lourdes developed the concept of shadow, giving it different forms and finally reducing it to the minimum and dematerializing it. She has lived in Munich, Berlin and Paris, but 40 years ago she decided to return to Madeira, her birth place, where she has lived ever since 'in the shadows'. 'What is Lourdes 'taking care of' nowadays?

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Directed by
Catarina Mourão
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lourdes Castro
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  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • isolation
  • aging
  • memory
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Catarina Mourão
Starring
Lourdes Castro
Runtime
84 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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