“Winner of the Un Certain Regard special jury prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora’s hybrid follows Ihjãc (Henrique Ihjãc Krahô), a 15-year-old indigenous Krahô from the north of Brazil, who runs away from home after he is called to direct his deceased father’s spirit to the village of the dead. Denying his tribal duty as a prospective shaman, Ihjãc instead resides in the nearby town of Itacajá against the advice of his wife (Raene Kôtô Krahô) and community. Shot on 16mm by co-director Nader Messora, The Dead and the Others is a dramatically intriguing, richly textured portrait of grief and the threats facing ancient traditions by modern society.” —Neighboring Scenes, Film at Lincoln Center
THE DEAD AND OTHE OTHERS / CHUVA É CANTORIA NA ALDEIA DOS MORTOS
A film by Renée Nader Messora and João Salaviza
(Brazil/Portugal, 2018, 114 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
Now streaming on MUBI
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