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Palaces of Pity(2011)
Status: Released
Date: 2011-09-02
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8 Votes
Time: 0h 59m
Overview:
Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression, juxtaposing their budding identities to a trial condemning two Moorish homosexuals to burn at the stake.
Languages: Portuguese.
Countries:
Portugal
ProductionCompanies:
A Mutual Respect
Movie: Palaces of Pity
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt
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Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression, juxtaposing their budding identities to a trial condemning two Moorish homosexuals to burn at the stake.
Release Date
2011-09-02
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7.2
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