Stay Still

A quiet, patient docufiction that sits with people clinging to scraps of land, watching poverty and hope share the same dusty ground.

Directed by

Joanna Lombardi

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Hilton Gratelly, Hilda Curo, María Cristina Pérez

Overview

Hilda and Cristina have been told that a settlement will begin near the cementery. Hilton, an illegal gravedigger, watches with concern. If they invade, he won’t have space to digging graves. The settlement and the cemetery are very close, and the dead seem to have achieved what they desire: a home.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Class, survival, death, isolation

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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