A RAPARIGA DA MÃO MORTA (THE GIRL WITH THE DEAD HAND)

   
 
  Portugal, 2005, FIC, 35mm, Colour, 16'
Director: Alberto Seixas Santos
Producer: João Figueiras, Sandro Aguilar, O Som e a Fúria
Script: Alberto Seixas Santos, Maria Velho da Costa
Photography: Miguel Sales Lopes
Editing: Catarina Ruivo
Music: Miguel Martins
Sound: António Pedro Figueiredo
Main Actors: Rita Martins, Madalena Vitorino, Bia Gomes, Maria Inês Soares
Original Idiom: Portuguese
Subtitles: English
Synopsis:

Sixteen year old Cecília has a prosthetic hand. Mariana, her four year old cousin comes to live in her parents’ house. The mother’s affections concentrate on Mariana. With jealousy, Cecília dreams of a tragic love, which doesn’t bring back her mother’s love.

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