OBRA

By Gregorio GRAZIOSI

CINEMA DO BRASIL - as PROMO

Drama - Completed 2013

Sao Paulo, Brazil, one of the most heavily populated cities in the word. A young architect finds a clandestine cemetery in his construction site.

    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gregorio GRAZIOSI
    • Writer(s)
    • Gregorio GRAZIOSI
    • Producer(s)
    • Zita CARVALHOSA
    • Synopsis
    • In the construction site of an architect’s first project a ditch is found with human remains. The next day, the ditch is empty. At his office, he stares at the building model and draws revealing a sketch of the bones he saw the night before. He leaves the city for the weekend. At seaside, he meets his wife, in late pregnancy, mother and father. He confronts his father, the engineer in charge of the construction. Back at the construction site, he finds the master builder dead. His father explains it was an accident. At the maternity, he finds his wife with his newly born son. He is faced with the choice of clearing his past to secure a future for his son or betraying his heritage.