Ossos

Movie
Audience Score
68
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NR 1 hr 37 minDramaThe Fontainhas Collection PosterPart of The Fontainhas Collection
After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.
StarringMariya LipkinaVanda DuarteNuno Vaz
DirectorPedro Costa

Movie Details

Original Language:Portuguese
Production Companies:Madragoa Filmes, Gemini Films, Zentropa Entertainments, Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), Eurimages
Movie Tags:
drugslife in the slums

The Fontainhas Collection

Films by Pedro Costa set in the neighborhood of Fontainhas with recurring characters Vanda, Ventura and Vitalina.