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A alma do osso

Cao Guimarães / BR, 2004 / 74 min.

For his ‘Trilogy on Solitude', filmmaker Cao Guimarães travelled to the region of Minas Gerais in northeast Brazil.There he filmed the life of Dominguinhos da Pedra, a recluse who has spent more than forty years in silence in a cave. Guimarães films him as he talks about his life and dreams. Screened to accompany the exhibition Locus: Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Cao Guimarães.

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Director

Cao Guimarães

Production year

2004

Country

BR

Original title

A alma do osso

Length

74 min.

Language

Portuguese

Subtitles

ENG

Format

DCP

Part of

Locus

From 16 September to 3 December 2017, Eye staged a major exhibition of work by two prominent film artists: Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Cao Guimarães. Their celebrated work evokes a world that blends dream, sensory experience and reality.

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