As Cinzas De Deus (Ashes of God)
Synopsis
Set in the ruins of an abandoned, once grandiose 19th century city, the film follows a woman, Helo, entering a world of memory and feeling, where characters - perhaps ‘trapped souls’ - are living and re-living moments from an unspecified past.
Helo penetrates their dream-like reality, visions of her own subconscious, absorbs them, challenges them, releases them. Their memory bank gradually erased, they disappear into the ether.
In a climactic finale she confronts her own personal nemesis. She survives the life-and-death confrontation, and, left behind, she dances alone, immersed in dust and eternity.
Details
- Year
- 2003
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 73 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Andre Semenza
- Producer
- Andre Semenza
- Editor
- Symon Sykes
- Director of Photography
- Marcus Waterloo
- Sound
- Tom Sayers, Brendan Nicholson
- Principal cast
- Tuca Pinheiro, Heloise Domingues, Ricardo De Paula, Jacqueline Gimenez, Marisi Diniz
- Screenwriter/Choreographer
- Fernanda Lippi
- Sound Mix
- Kid Loco
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Maverick Motion Ltd
46 Highlever RoadLondon
UK
Sales Company
Europe Images
1 Rond-Point Victor HugoF- 92137 Issy-Les-Moulineaux
Paris
FRANCE
T +33 1 55 95 58 00
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