1994 · drama · slow-cinema
Down to Earth
Directed by Pedro Costa1h 45m1994
The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama.
Our read: Down to Earth (1994) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive drama · slow-cinema entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / slow-cinema, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- signature
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