A minimalist drama set in the Estrela d’África neighborhood in Lisbon. Tina gives birth, attempts suicide, and her boyfriend, also a teenager, saves the baby, who ends up passing between a nurse and a prostitute. As Tina and her friend Clotilde struggle to get the child back, Bones portrays lives defeated by hardship, where the friendship between the two women is the only note of human warmth. A work that evokes powerful emotions in the face of despair.

  • Duration: 94’
  • Production year: 1997
  • Country: PT, FR, DK
  • Language: PT

Venice Film Festival 1997 – Official Selection in Competition, Golden Osella for Best Cinematography

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