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Pedro Costa
Ossos (Bones)
Pedro Costa
Portugal / France / Germany, 1997
35 mm | 94 min | Colour | Portuguese | VOSC, VOSI
Production: Paulo Branco / Madragoa Filmes in coproduction with Zentopa & Gemini Films
Screenplay: Pedro Costa
Photography: Emmanuel Machuel
Editor: Jackie Bastide
Sound: Henri Maikoff, Gérard Rousseau
Actors: Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, Maria Lipkina, Isabel Ruth, Inês Medeiros, Miguel Sermão, Berta Susana Teixeira, Clotilde Montrond, Zita Duarte, Beatriz Lopes, Luísa Carvalho.
Sinopsis
The first film in a trilogy exploring life in As Fontainhas shantytown, Ossos tackles the issue of teenage pregnancy in a deprived area. A young mother faces up to her new responsibilities while the father takes advantage of the child to beg on the streets of Lisbon.