Cipriano

Cipriano

five dreams, three lives, one death: the sertão is in everywhere.

2001 · 70 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

An old man, named Cipriano, is about to die. He spent his whole life tormented by dreams and now he is lost inside one of them. His sons, Bigail and Vicente, are searching for a cemetery by the sea, where he should be buried. Life and death. Short stories, dreams and religions. A trip into the imaginary through a lengthy peregrination along the dry lands.

Directed by Douglas Machado · Written by Douglas Machado

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