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Found Memories
Found Memories
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FOUND MEMORIES

Historias Que So Existem Quando Lembradas

Directed by Júlia Murat
Brazil, Argentina, 2011
Drama

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.

Our take

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.