Palaces of Pity
Palácios de Pena
Portugal
2011
59 Min
Color
1.77:1
Portuguese
Synopsis
Gabriel Abrantes uses the tropes of mainstream cinema to make works that are by turns comical, thought-provoking and transgressive. In this parable on guilt and oppression, which alludes to aspects of Portuguese colonial history, two cousins are potential heirs to their grandmother’s fortune. A new generation may be oblivious to the past, but inherits it nonetheless. –BFI
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Gabriel Abrantes
Gabriel Abrantes was born in North Carolina in 1984. In 2008, his works, Olympia I/II were chosen for the IndieLisboa Festival, where in 2009 he also won the New Talent Fnac Award with Visionary Iraq. He lives and works in Lisbon, where he is preparing his first feature film, about Chinese immigration in Angola, and a short soon to be filmed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A History of Mutual Respect was presented at Locarno in 2010 and won the Pardino d’oro of the Concorso internazionale Pardi di domani. –Locarno Film Festival
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