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Tabu (I) (2012)

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A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.

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Credited cast:
Teresa Madruga ...
Pilar
Laura Soveral ...
Old Aurora
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Young Aurora
Henrique Espírito Santo ...
Old Ventura
Carloto Cotta ...
Young Ventura
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Santa (as Isabel Cardoso)
Ivo Müller ...
Aurora's Husband
Manuel Mesquita ...
Mário
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Paulo Amorim ...
Polish
Hortêncílio Aquina ...
Loador
Araceli Fuente Basconcillos ...
Pilar Friend
Duarte Caires
Joaquim Carvalho ...
Militar
Bruno Duarte ...
Guitar
Claúdia Esteves
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A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.

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In a scene that takes place in the late-sixties or early-seventies, an extra is wearing a shirt with the inscription "Samsung Mobile". See more »

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A dream-like, poetic and triumphant "chef d'oeuvre".
22 January 2013 | by (Portugal) – See all my reviews

Young Portuguese director Miguel Gomes plunges us into two narratives that are nothing less than pure poetry.

The screenplay and refined narration, the delicate but still frenetic soundtrack that dances through Joana Sá's piano keyboards, the contrasting photography (not new, not old), as well as the roaming melancholy of Lisbon and Africa's landscapes, drive us to a distant, dream-like, almost abstracted dimension.

"Tabu" is truly a cinematic synesthesia, an artistic portrait that, inexplicably, grabs its viewers from the first minute. A genuine pearl that will endure in our thoughts for quite some time. A triumph.

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