“Restos do Vento,” which made its Spanish-language debut at the festival, received the Calpurnia Award for Best Film for its “sober and haunting visual and narrative power,” the jury announced.
“Restos do Vento” is written by Thiago Guedes and Thiago Rodriguez, produced by Leopardo Films, and stars Albano Geronimo, Nuno Lopez, Isabel Abreu, João Pedro Vaz, Gonzalo Waddington, and Leonor Vasconcelos.
“A pagan tradition in a village in the interior of Portugal leaves haunting memories in a group of young teenagers. Twenty-five years later, when they meet again, the past resurfaces and the tragedy begins,” can we read in the synopsis.
The film begins with a rite of passage, in a village inside the country, in which a group of teenagers participate, who will leave deep marks on one of the boys.
“Restos do Vento” is currently showing in Portuguese cinemas, and had its world premiere last May at the Cannes Film Festival.
According to the production company Leopardo Films, after its appearance at the Ourense Film Festival, “Restos do Vento” will be shown at the Lucca Film Festival in Italy, where it will be included in the feature film competition, and next October it will be shown at the Sao Paulo Film Festival.
The 27th Ourense Film Festival, which concludes on Saturday, also includes in its program the films “O ultimobanho” by David Bonfil, the Portuguese-Spanish co-production “O Corpo Aberto” by Ángeles Huerta, and “A cero”. 5″, by Gonzalo Suarez Garayo.
