GIRIMUNHO

“It's really not at all hard to be swept along by [Girimunho]'s manifold visual and aural pleasures.” - Hollywood Reporter

At 81, Bastu (playing herself) enjoys partying with friends ‘til the wee hours. One morning, she wakes to find her husband dead and is forced to rethink her life. Disturbed at night by inexplicable noises and convinced they're the work of her husband's spirit, Bastu packs his belongings and heads to her brother-in-law's village, where she intends to leave them.

In following Bastu on her journey to the small village of São Romão, in the arid region of Brazil's north, directors Helvécio Marins Jr and Clarissa Campolina deliver a magical and moving film. Girimunho reveals both the physical beauty of São Romão as well as the unique cultural traditions of its people. It's an elegiac portrait that poignantly explores the relationship between tradition and contemporary life, reality and dream, life and death.

D Helvecio Marins Jr, Clarissa Campolina P Sara Silveira, Luana Melgaço, Luis Miñarro, Paulo de Carvalho, Gudula Meinzolt S Felipe Bragança WS Urban Distribution L Portuguese w/English subtitles TD 35mm/2011