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Alma Anciana

2024 · 77 min

A quiet, poetic documentary that immerses you in the slow rhythms and tender struggles of elderly lives across three countries.

Directed by: Fábio Mota, Helen Esther Aschauer
Genres: Documentary
Starring: José Moreira, Lucília Moreira, Viktor Ovcharenko

Overview: Three juxtaposing stories taking place in Portugal, Austria and Cuba create an intimate and poetic portrait of the daily lives and struggles of the elderly in an unstable world, seen through the eyes of their grandchildren.

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Directed by: Fábio Mota, Helen Esther Aschauer
Genres: Documentary
Starring: José Moreira, Lucília Moreira, Viktor Ovcharenko

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Tone: 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: aging
family
isolation
war
memory
Places: countryside
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	2
Realism	10
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Fábio Mota, Helen Esther Aschauer
Starring: José Moreira, Lucília Moreira, Viktor Ovcharenko, Ludmila Ovcharenko, Mirna Muñoa Montes de Oca, Damaris Muñoa Montes de Oca
Cinematography: Fábio Mota
Runtime: 77 min
Country: Austria, Cuba, Portugal
Languages: Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian

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