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In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of Francisca's family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca's loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a dark form. Shot in crisp black and white, the haunting visual compositions evoke its protagonist's isolation and illuminate her deeply unbalanced worldview. Genre-inflected, but so strikingly unique as to defy categorization, writer/director Nicolas Pesce's feature debut allows only an elliptical presence in Francisca's world, guiding our imaginations to follow her into peculiar, secret places.
Original Release
12/02/2016
US Release
12/02/2016
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Diana Agostini | Mother |
Olivia Bond | Young Francisca |
Will Brill | Charlie |
Joey Curtis-Green | Antonio |
Flora Diaz | Lucy |
Kika Magalhães | Francisca |
Paul Nazak | Father |
Taahir Shah | Faisal |
Clara Wong | Kimiko |
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Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Diana Agostini | Mother |
Olivia Bond | Young Francisca |
Will Brill | Charlie |
Joey Curtis-Green | Antonio |
Flora Diaz | Lucy |
Kika Magalhães | Francisca |
Paul Nazak | Father |
Taahir Shah | Faisal |
Clara Wong | Kimiko |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Antonio Campos | Executive Producer |
Julie Christeas | Executive Producer |
Sean Durkin | Executive Producer |
Adam Kersh | Executive Producer |
Josh Mond | Executive Producer |
Avi Stern | Executive Producer |
Seth Blogier | Producer |
Max Born | Producer |
David Formentin | Producer |
Samuel R. Syrop | Producer |
Jacob Wasserman | Producer |
Schuyler Weiss | Producer |