Look Closely at the Mountains
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“Look closely at the mountains!”: the phrase was coined by artist Manfredo de Souzanetto during Brazil’s years of dictatorhsip. Mining activities were destroying the environment in the state of Minas Gerais in the south west of the country. Through editing, Ana Vaz draws parallels between this region and the very distant Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern France, also marked by over three centuries of mining. On one side, eroded mountains plague its inhabitants with deadly landslides. Hollow and gutted, these mountains become the receptacles of a ghostly memory. On the other side, in France, mining waste stacks become mountains and reservoirs of biodiversity, where the frontier between nature and technology is now indiscernible.
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Ana Vaz Director · Deborah Viegas Editor
First release October 14, 2018 · Produced in Brazil, France · Languages French, Portuguese
Production
Spectre Productions
Production
Brazil · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Olhe Bem As Montanhas
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
French · Portuguese
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 14, 2018
Premiere
France · August 20, 2025
Limited theatrical · Film Festival Douarnenez
No release date listed for United States.
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