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Em Cena: A vida em Várzea Queimada

47 min

A quiet, humane documentary that immerses you in a remote community's daily rhythms and its shared, invented language.

Directed by
Everton Lucas
Genres
Documentary
Overview
This film offers a broad and intimate vision of the life at Várzea Queimada, an unique village of Piauí's sertão that developed it's own sign language, called CENA.

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Directed by
Everton Lucas
Genres
Documentary
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • isolation
    • family
    • friendship
    • survival
    Places
    • small town
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism10
    Romance1
    Tension1
    Darkness2
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Everton Lucas
    Runtime
    47 min
    Languages
    Portuguese

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