Fragments of spaces, buildings and structures, memories and remains of past eras, places of work or leisure now inhabited by our memories alone, or really forgotten. Dead things or living proof of time, natural elements, and human predators themselves. —IMDb
Manuel Mozos (born June 1959, Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director. He studied History and Philosophy before enrolling the School of Theatre and Cinema, where he specialized himself as an editor. Was responsible for the edition of several films until, in 1989, he directed Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois… and, in 1992, his first feature, Xavier. Since then he also directed several documentaries and video clips. Diana, produced and released by Rosa Filmes, is his most recent film.
The film asks from the start the question of religion's function in preservation and contrasts with family or other ways of social organisation. It shows how social ideas are likelly to keep changing against the volatability of humankind while only a religious believe keeps preservation. The imagery of the different locations has the beauty of the decay and a disturbing nostalgic feeling and mood of the past.
