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A Christmas Inventory
A Christmas Inventory
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320 Ratings

A CHRISTMAS INVENTORY

Inventário de Natal

Directed by Miguel Gomes
Portugal, 2000
Short, Comedy

Synopsis

Christmas Day. A Portuguese family gathers together while a radio broadcast evokes the political unrest of 1980s Portugal. Amidst a huge Nativity Scene, pendulum clocks and wicker chairs, children play as the camera takes inventory of all the Christmas trinkets, baubles and presents.

Synopsis

Christmas Day. A Portuguese family gathers together while a radio broadcast evokes the political unrest of 1980s Portugal. Amidst a huge Nativity Scene, pendulum clocks and wicker chairs, children play as the camera takes inventory of all the Christmas trinkets, baubles and presents.

Our take

Portuguese auteur Miguel Gomes takes on his childhood memories in this simple, affecting short film that will resonate with just about anyone who remembers getting together with family for the holidays when they were little.