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Palaces of Pity (2011)
Directed by Daniel Schmidt, Gabriel Abrantes
Drama, Romance, Mystery, Adventure, Thriller, History · 58m
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, juxtaposing their budding identities to a trial condemning two Moorish homosexuals to burn at the stake.
Cast
Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt
Crew
- Director
- Daniel Schmidt, Gabriel Abrantes
- Writer
- Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
- Director of Photography
- Natxo Checa, Eberhard Schedl
- Editor
- Daniel Schmidt, Gabriel Abrantes
- Producer
- Marta Furtado, Zé dos Bois, Gabriel Abrantes, Natxo Checa
Details
- Original title
- Palácios de Pena
- Release date
- 2011-09-02
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Mystery, Adventure, Thriller, History
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese, Arabic
- Countries
- Portugal
- Production
- A Mutual Respect