In the critics week opening film, a young girl becomes possessed by the spirit of her grandmother in Cristèle Alves Meira first feature film titled Alma Viva (Living Soul). The film lives up to its…
) in the Portuguese countryside during the summertime while her mother Aida is away working. Her grandmother is a practicing witch who aims to teach the young girl the craft. When the grandmother suddenly dies, another one of Avo’s children, Joaqim , shows up and the insanity begins. The family is plunged into chaos as they yell, scream, and fist fight over what to do with their mother’s body that is still in the house.
Everything that happens in this town is a direct result of their actions and Avo is upset from beyond the grave to vent her frustrations with the way the family is behaving, and Salome becomes conduit for the disappointment felt by Avo’s spirit. A mother knows how to put their family back together from an unforeseen tragedy, and while Salome’s body is used to do some evil things, she also uses that as a reason to reunite her mother, aunts, and uncles.
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