The Soul of the Bone

The Soul of the Bone (2004)

A Alma do Osso

The film gradually reveals the apparently isolated existence of Dominguinhos, a 72-year-old hermit who lives inside a cave that juts off from a rock mountain. The film is composed of long silences in which the hermit executes his daily chores, such as cooking and cleaning, and of images that transcend his territory. Towards the end we discover that silence is commonplace in the hermit’s life, the normal state in which time passes. Speech is the state of exception.

Date of release
2004-01-22
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Cao Guimarães

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