Palaces of Pity

Original title: Palácios de Pena

2011
59m

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5.6/10

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Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past Â– one consumed by fear and desire Â– the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression. Â“Love is finally, / an entrancement of legs, / a union of bellies, / a brief tremor of arteries, / a confusion of mouths, / a battle of veins, / a rolling of thighs, / whoever says otherwise is a beast.Â“ (GregÃ³rio de Mattos, 17th century) Â“Oh my boy, what will happen to me if I lose you from sight! What will happen to me if I see you bit by bit, I hope to be always, always seeing you! But, as I have no liberty to do so, I die, so I rest without you embracing me! Now shake, shake little puppy, for you, for you little heart, now shake, yes, yes, yes, oh my little heart, give me your arms because there I want to die.Â“ (Letter from Frei Francisco da Ilha da Madeira to Frei Mathias de Mattos Â–1690 circa) Â“Big baby sleep over at my new palace!!! Bring boots and your black hoodies, and pls pls pls pls donÂ’t tell Ana about this, K? Best Best Friends. Thnx! Princess Maggie xoxox MEGA <3Â” (Text message from Margarida to her Best Friends Â– Excerpt from Screenplay of PalÃ¡cios de Pena)

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Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear an... Read allHaunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression.Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression.

Directors
- Gabriel Abrantes
- Daniel Schmidt
Writers
- Gabriel Abrantes
- Daniel Schmidt
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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

123

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Gabriel Abrantes
- Daniel Schmidt
Writers
- Gabriel Abrantes
- Daniel Schmidt
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations

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Everything I Learned About Life From Tending Goats

Women side by side, looking at each other, relating to each other, different but the same inside.

We've got an old Portuguese woman with an iPad, her pierced face granddaughters, and goats. Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt's film is an elusory blend of classic and ultramodern, compassion and irony, all in the spirit of the famed Portuguese writer Jose Saramago. Life is pretty bleak in these parts and people don't talk much. No Mercedes problems here. Grandma doesn't have to lecture the girls on right and wrong or how to grow up into responsible women. Everything they need to know about life can be learned by the zen of tending goats.