Memory House

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Memory House

Released Sep 3, 2021

1h 27m

Drama

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In this audacious debut feature, João Paulo Miranda Maria conjures a surreal image of the racial and social rifts in modern day Brazil. Cristovam (played by Cinema Novo icon Antônio Pitanga), an Indigenous Black man from the rural North, moves to an industrialized Southern town populated by the descendants of Austrian ex-pats to work in a milk factory. Immediately confronted with their virulent racism, he becomes more and more estranged from the white world. Upon discovering an abandoned house filled with objects reminding him of his origins, Cristovam begins a spiritual and physical metamorphosis...

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Manuel Betancourt

Variety

What's most remarkable about "Memory House" is not just its boldness but its beauty.

Sep 8, 2021

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Better as a mood piece than a political statement...

Sep 2, 2021

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Kathleen Sachs

Chicago Reader

Rife with magical realist elements, the film is a visual and auditory treasure trove...

Oct 19, 2020

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Increasingly grotesque, Memory House is a visually arresting if simple parable with little need for dialogue.

Sep 13, 2021

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

It literally depicts the gradual poisoning of a marginalized individual through the toxic environment that surrounds him.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 9, 2021

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Poetic and unflinching with shades of Ken Loach and Carlos Reygadas, but emotionally cold without enough left to the audience's imagination.

Rated: 6.2428/10

Sep 2, 2021

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João Paulo Miranda Maria

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Antonio Pitanga

Cristovam

Ana Flavia Cavalcanti

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Sam Louwyck

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Gilda Nomacce

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In this audacious debut feature, João Paulo Miranda Maria conjures a surreal image of the racial and social rifts in modern day Brazil. Cristovam (played by Cinema Novo icon Antônio Pitanga), an Indigenous Black man from the rural North, moves to an industrialized Southern town populated by the descendants of Austrian ex-pats to work in a milk factory. Immediately confronted with their virulent racism, he becomes more and more estranged from the white world. Upon discovering an abandoned house filled with objects reminding him of his origins, Cristovam begins a spiritual and physical metamorphosis...

Director: João Paulo Miranda Maria
Producer: Denise Gomes, Paula Cosenza, Didar Domehri
Screenwriter: João Paulo Miranda Maria, João Paulo Miranda Maria
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Canal Brasil
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 3, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 13, 2021
Runtime: 1h 27m

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