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O estranho

The Intrusion
Still from the film "O Estranho" by Flora Dias and Juruna Mallon. Two women stand next to each other in front of a fence and look at each other. Two airplanes standing on an airport runway can be seen in the background.

Wed 22.02.
11:00

  • Director

    Flora Dias, Juruna Mallon

  • Brazil, France / 2023
    107 min. / Original version with English subtitles

  • Original language

    Portuguese

  • Cinema

    Arsenal 1

    zu den Ticketszu dem Kalender

O ESTRANHO, the intrusion, is a place: Guarulhos International Airport near São Paulo. From there, the journey proceeds not so much through the world as through time. Built on Indigenous territory, the airport completely changed the landscape. Some people left, others remained, they now work in the duty-free shop or in baggage handling. The past reappears in various forms, challenging the protagonists, including Alê. Right there, in the riverbed where she used to play with her sister, she now works all day long.
Just as the concrete covers the vegetation, which covered the graves in turn, the stories pile up, layer upon layer. They offer food for thought about what remains. The film moves between fiction and reality, carrying out a minimal form of archaeology. Its rhythm uncovers the images of a vibrant place. O ESTRANHO is the second joint project by Flora Dias and Juruna Mallon and shows their interest in landscapes, in people and in the interplay of the two. And in keeping memories alive. (Mathilde Chevallier)

Funded by:

  • Logo Minister of State for Culture and the Media