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Found Memories

2011 · 1h 38m Drama
Directed by Julia Murat

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Each citizen of Jotuomba plays an integral role in village life. Madalena is responsible for baking bread; each morning she stacks her rolls as Antonio prepares the coffee. The two share a morning ritual of arguments and insults, followed by an amicable cup of coffee on the bench outside Antonio's shop. At midday the church bells ring, summoning the villagers to mass. In the early evening, they all share a meal together. And so life proceeds in Jotuomba, the days languidly drifting into one another; the only variations seem to be in the weather. But, one day Rita arrives looking for a place to stay.

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The drama in "Found Memories" is subdued, sometimes almost invisible, but it moves with quiet assurance toward a startling conclusion.

A.O. Scott, New York Times
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The feeling of twilight permeates Found Memories, which doesn't feel so much like a tale of discovery as it does a eulogy.

Andrew Lapin, NPR
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Initially treated like the parasite she appears to be, over the course of this crisp, gracefully inflected meditation on time's passage, Rita develops the interest in her subjects that turns an image into more than stolen light.

Michelle Orange, Village Voice
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Brazilian filmmaker Julia Murat's first narrative feature is a mesmerizing, slow-build marvel.

Eric Hynes, Time Out New York
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A pic immersed in the passage of time.

Jay Weissberg, Variety

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