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A decolonial melodrama
A political mockumentary that never talks about politics.The film follows Rose, a "professional dog walker" who has recently occupied a vacant house which now she calls home: the realization of a dream.While claiming to take care of the property until the return of the landlady, the new "tenant" creates intimacy with the house develops a fascination for the absent woman.
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A political mockumentary that never talks about politics. The film follows Rose, a "professional dog walker" who has recently occupied a vacant house which now she calls home: the realization of a dream. While claiming to take care of the property until the return of the landlady, the new "tenant" creates intimacy with the house develops a fascination for the absent woman.
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- Release date
- Oct 6, 2022
- Runtime
- 0h 15m
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- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Brazil
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