Ossos
6.8
After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.
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Part of The Fontainhas Collection
5 films
Cast
11 people
Mariya Lipkina
Tina
Also in
Ivan & Abraham
The Bat
Vanda Duarte
Clotilde
Nuno Vaz
The Father
Also in
Wonderland
Isabel Ruth
Nurse Eduarda Gomes
Known for
The Strange Case of Angelica
Miguel Sermão
Clotilde's husband
Also in
Heart & Soul
Uma Casa em Fanicos
Berta Susana Teixeira
Nurse
Also in
The Dead Queen
Inês de Medeiros
The Girl
Also in
Casa de Lava
Blood
Anna Carvalho
Prostitute
Also in
Dark Cuts: A Thriller Anthology
Super Pai
Ana Marta
Also in
Vanishing Point
Aspern
Clotilde Montron
Friend
Also in
Casa de Lava
Zita Duarte
Friend
Also in
A Bee in the Rain
Nós Por Cá Todos Bem
Pedro Costa Director · Emmanuel Machuel Cinematographer Jackie Bastide Editor
First release September 2, 1997 · Produced in Denmark, France, Portugal · Production Gemini Films, Zentropa Entertainments
Production
Madragoa Filmes
Production
Gemini Films
Production
Zentropa Entertainments
Production
Zentropa Productions
Production
Denmark · France · Portugal
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Italy · September 2, 1997
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Portugal · November 14, 1997
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
February 4, 1998 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 5, 1998 · Theatrical
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