1st INTERFILM Award For Promoting Interreligious Dialogue, Venice, 2011
The film tells the story of Bastu, an 81 years old woman living in a little Brazilian village, who has to deal with the death of her husband.
By choosing a character who is wise, humorous, sensitive, and autonomous, the film offers a message which integrates life and death, individuality and social relationships.
Through a delicate cinematography of lights and shadows, music and sounds, the film adopts a liberating perspective which shows religious practices and beliefs as essential dimensions of life.