Down to Earth (1994) Casa de Lava
Down to Earth (1994)
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1788x1076 | x264 @ 5204 Kbps | 105 min | 3,91 Gb
Audio: Português AAC 2.0 @ 108 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Drama
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1788x1076 | x264 @ 5204 Kbps | 105 min | 3,91 Gb
Audio: Português AAC 2.0 @ 108 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Drama
Director: Pedro Costa
Writer: Pedro Costa
Stars: Inês de Medeiros, Isaach De Bankolé, Edith Scob
In only his second feature, Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa (Horse Money, In Vanda’s Room) brilliantly reworked Jacques Tourneur’s classic I Walked with a Zombie into a reflection on his country’s colonial legacy. A nurse, Mariana (Inês de Medeiros), accompanies Leão (Isaach de Bankolé) to his home on the volcanic islands of Cape Verde after an accident leaves him in a coma – but he goes unrecognized by fellow denizens, leaving Mariana trapped with and eventually entranced by a mysterious community. Never before released in the U.S. and now beautifully restored, Casa de Lava foreshadows the masterful films that would follow, yet is an extraordinary, ravishing work in its own right.
This rather esoteric Portuguese-French drama is filled with poetic imagery. It is notable for it's beautiful photography as it follows a devoted nurse from her Portuguese home to the strange Cape Verde islands. Mariana is the nurse assigned to care for the injured immigrant worker Leao who is in a coma. With him she returns to his Cape Verde village. She was dissatisfied with her currently depressing life and willingly went. She begins to feel almost claustrophobic in the grim environment as she encounters a series of disturbing characters who drag her deeper into their depressing and hopeless lives. Mariana begins to reevaluate her former life.
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Down to Earth (1994) Casa de Lava
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