The Soul of the Bone (2004)

Directed by Cao Guimarães1h 14mDocumentary

The film gradually reveals the apparently isolated existence of Dominguinhos, a 72-year-old hermit who lives inside a cave that juts off from a rock mountain. The film is composed of long silences in which the hermit executes his daily chores, such as cooking and cleaning, and of images that transcend his territory. Towards the end we discover that silence is commonplace in the hermit’s life, the normal state in which time passes. Speech is the state of exception.

Year

2004

Country

Language

Portuguese

Release date

22 January 2004

TMDB

5.2 (5)

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