Palaces of Pity
Sep 02 2011
•1h 59m
•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.
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Alcina Abrantes
Ana Rita Franco
Teresa Castro
Gabriel Abrantes
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