- Our story begins with Macunaima's miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born full grown, he discovers his life's purpose which leads him and his family/followers on a journey to the Big City. On the way, more miracles occur, but Macunaima still has the heart and mind of a child. In the Big City,…
- Every day, Pedro Costa takes a bus to a Lisbon neighborhood called Fontainhas. Day after day, he films the inhabitants of this shantytown. All Blossoms Again is a film at the edges of Costa’s main body of work. We follow this filmmaker on the shoot of his new film Colossal Youth, and witness the indissoluble, peculiar …
- This is another great film by Pedro Costa , a movie about the relationship between a couple of directors ( Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub) that are trying to edit the film «Sicília!». During that process Straub and Huillet talk abou…
- After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. Although he tries to bring the motto of the ruling party to town (modernity, peace and progress) he realizes soon that there's nothing to do against corruption... except to becom…