Casa de Lava (1994)
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73% of users liked it
(147 ratings)
This rather esoteric Portuguese-French drama is filled with poetic imagery. It is notable for it's beautiful photography as it follows a devoted nurse from her Portuguese home to the strange Cape Verde islands. Mariana is the nurse assigned to care for the injured immigrant worker Leao who is in… More This rather esoteric Portuguese-French drama is filled with poetic imagery. It is notable for it's beautiful photography as it follows a devoted nurse from her Portuguese home to the strange Cape Verde islands. Mariana is the nurse assigned to care for the injured immigrant worker Leao who is in a coma. With him she returns to his Cape Verde village. She was dissatisfied with her currently depressing life and willingly went. She begins to feel almost claustrophobic in the grim environment as she encounters a series of disturbing characters who drag her deeper into their depressing and hopeless lives. Mariana begins to reevaluate her former life. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Pedro Costa
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1994 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Minimalist drama is foreboding, incoherent and esoteric.
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Cast
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Isaach De Bankolé
as Leao
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Edith Scob
as Edite
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Pedro Hestnes
as V
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Raul Andrade
as Violinist
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Christiano Andrade Alves
as Tano
