AFI Latin American Film Festival 2009

In a seemingly time-forgotten village deep in the Amazonian wilderness, the local populace is busy preparing for the annual Feast of the Dead Girl, a celebration willfully blending Christian and pagan traditions, presided over by the androgynous mystic and philosopher Santinho (played by the charismatic Daniel de Oliveira, last seen at the 2006 festival in CAZUZA). This directorial debut by actor Matheus Nachtergaele, from a script co-written with Hilton Lacerda (ÁRIDO MOVIE, BOG OF BEASTS), offers a provocative and phantasmagoric vision of Brazil’s popular culture, with piquant flavor provided by the village’s folk music and dance celebrations.