Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
In a cloistered village in the country, time seems to have stopped. When a photographer named Rita arrives from outside, the initially reticent townsfolk open up to her. Only the village priest continues to find Rita’s presence worrisome, especially when she begins asking about the locked cemetery.
Part requiem, part mystery, and part exploration of the captured image, Found Memories takes us on a slow-burning trip. Júlia Murat’s debut film, an atmospheric portrait of a secluded village forgotten by time, creeps up on us hypnotically and lingers long after the lights come on.