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Astral City: A Spiritual Journey

2010 · 103 min

A solemn, visually earnest journey through guilt and spiritual recovery that feels like a didactic parable, moving but slow.

Directed by: Wagner de Assis
Genres: Drama
Starring: Renato Prieto, Fernando Alves Pinto, Rosanne Mulholland

Overview: The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaiting

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Directed by: Wagner de Assis
Genres: Drama
Starring: Renato Prieto, Fernando Alves Pinto, Rosanne Mulholland

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: redemption
death
guilt
faith
family
Places: fantasy world
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Wagner de Assis
Written by: Wagner de Assis
Starring: Renato Prieto, Fernando Alves Pinto, Rosanne Mulholland, Inez Viana, Rodrigo de Odé, Werner Schünemann, Clemente Viscaíno, Ana Rosa
Music: Philip Glass
Cinematography: Ueli Steiger
Runtime: 103 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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