A fertility cave that demands blood sacrifice. Portuguese folklore gets DARK.
Somewhere on top of a mountain, there is a miraculous cave: it is the PARIDEIRA. Tells the legend that if an infertile woman enters there, she becomes pregnant out of the cave. But for that to happen, an adult must die within that night.
Cinematography
Mountain fog that swallows characters whole—claustrophobic and vast.
Acting
Ana Moreira's silent desperation speaks everything the script withholds.
Director
José Miguel Moreira
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