Movie
The Metamorphosis of Birds
2021 · 101 min
A slow, poetic meditation on family memory, loss, and the sea, told through beautiful images and narration.
- Directed by
- Catarina Vasconcelos
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Starring
- Manel Rosa, João Móra, Ana Vasconcelos
- Overview
- Filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos sifts through the memories of her ancestors. Her naval officer grandfather, Henrique, who married her grandmother, Beatriz, on her 21st birthday, spent extended periods at sea, leaving her with six children. This is the beginning of a generational saga.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Family, memory, grief, isolation
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Catarina Vasconcelos
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Starring
- Manel Rosa, João Móra, Ana Vasconcelos
