Experimental university short film inspired by grief, the passage of time and the filmmaking process
Social & External
The people behind it
Daniella Shizuko
alleinada
Suely Villani de Andrade
Vovó
Marco Antônio Hercy Coelho
Vovô
Tells the story of a grandmother after the death of her husband. And how this fact confronts her with her own life.
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A family therapy session takes a disturbing turn.
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