Ossos
1997 · Movie · 97 min · ★ 6.8 · 69% critics
In a bleak Lisbon shantytown, a troubled young parent leaves a newborn in the care of someone just as lost and unprepared. The film follows people living in poverty as small acts of desperation, neglect, and attempted kindness unfold around them.
Also known as Bones
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-11-14
- Language
- Portuguese
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (46 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a bleak, challenging social drama with spare dialogue and heavy atmosphere; Not for you if you need momentum, warmth, or clear emotional release.
Pros: bleak atmosphere; demanding mood; sparse dialogue | Cons: very slow pace; emotionally distant; minimal action
Themes
- drugs
- life in the slums
Cast & crew
Mariya Lipkina
as Tina
Vanda Duarte
as Clotilde
- NV
Nuno Vaz
as The Father
Isabel Ruth
as Nurse Eduarda Gomes
Miguel Sermão
as Clotilde's husband
Berta Susana Teixeira
as Nurse
Inês de Medeiros
as The Girl
Anna Carvalho
as Prostitute
- AM
Ana Marta
- CM
Clotilde Montron
as Friend
Directed by Pedro Costa