Ossos

Ossos

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Release Date

11/14/1997

Runtime

97 mins

Genres

Overview

After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.

Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A grim descent into poverty and desperation where a newborn becomes a pawn in the damaged lives of broken people. The film watches with unflinching clarity as circumstances spiral toward tragedy in the cramped decay of a shantytown.

Mood

BleakDread-soakedClaustrophobicMournful

Themes

SurvivalFamilyAddictionComing apart

Tone

Matter-of-fact

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Suicide and self-harmGraphic violenceChild endangermentAddiction

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