Werner Salles

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In 1695, a family of slaves organize a rebellion to flee in search of the utopian Quilombo dos Palmares following a call from the spiritual helm. The group travels a risky path to find the quilombo at the height of a great war. But the war is not the end.

Marcelo’s mother disappeared when he was 10 years old, leaving him with an endless void. The boy grows into a young man who wanders through cemeteries and takes refuge in invented memories to cope with reality. One day, two mysterious beings cross his path, and Marcelo sets off with them on a journey across the boundaries between the world of the living and the world of the dead.