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Horse Money
Why this pick
Pedro Costa’s earlier Lisbon nocturne shares the sculptural darkness, nonprofessional presence, and haunted, dreamlike reckoning with migration and memory that define Vitalina Varela.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Vitalina Varela, a 55-year-old woman from Cape Verde, arrives in Lisbon three days after her husband’s funeral. She’s been waiting for her plane ticket for more than 25 years.
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