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Like Water Through Stone

Like Water Through Stone

2009 · 85 min · ★ 8.8 · Documentary

In the Espinhaço Mountains one winter, a group of small-town Brazilian girls are experiencing the end of their youth. Impossible romances leave marks on their bodies and the surrounding landscape. Each of the friends finds her own particular way to overcome the loneliness and to live within a tangle of uncertainty.

Directed by Marília Rocha

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