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OUR ANCESTORS DON'T REST IN PEACE. AN AFRO-SURREAL HORROR FILM.

2020 · 23 min · ★ 7.7 · Horror, Drama

After years abroad due to his brother's murder, a renowned journalist returns to his family's home to take care of his mother, who suffers from an unknown illness. Late at night, he is visited by two strangers. As new events unfold, leading him to suspect that something ominous and deeply disturbing has struck his mother, a new tragedy rises.

Directed by Yuri Costa · Written by Yuri Costa

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