Ossos : Bones
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Issued as part of the boxed set "Letters from Fontainhas : three films by Pedro Costa" collection.
Special features: "Pedro Costa and Jean-Pierre Gorin" conversation between the two filmmakers; "Jaõo Bénard da Costa" interview with the former head of the Portuguese Cinematheque in Lisbon; "Emmanuel Machuel" interview with the cinematographer; "Jeff Wall video essay" contemporary artist Jeff Wall discusses the power of Pedro Costa's images; "Mariana Viegas photographs" collection of photographs.
Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth, Inès de Medeiros, Miguel Sermão, Berta Susana Teixeira, Clotilde Montron, Zita Duarte, Beatriz Lopes, Luísa Carvalho, Aresta, Ana Marta, Iuran, Ricardo Tavares, Carolina Eira.
Realizing that teenage mom Tina is about to gas herself and her newborn child, Tina's boyfriend grabs the infant and takes to the streets of Lisbon. In this extremely downbeat film, he attempts to sell the child and failing that, eventually gives the child to a streetwalker. Meanwhile Tina and her friend try to get the baby back. When they fail, they decide to get revenge upon the boyfriend.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation enhanced for (16:9) televisions; Dolby digital stereo.
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SERIES
Criterion collection
509.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In Portuguese with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[New York] : Criterion Collection, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 1 videodisc (98 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604652376
1604652373
9781604652369 (set)
1604652365 (set)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Branco, Paulo.
Costa, Pedro.
Machuel, Emmanuel.
Duarte, Vanda.
Vaz, Nuno.
Lipkina, Miriya.
Ruth, Isabel, 1940-
Medeiros, Inês de, 1968-
Bastide, Jackie.
Gorin, Jean-Pierre.
Costa, João Bénard da.
Wall, Jeff, 1946-
Janus Films.
Madragoa Filmes (Firm)
Gemini Films.
Zentropa Entertainments (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Kidnapping -- Lisbon -- Drama.
Slums -- Lisbon -- Drama.
Suicidal behavior -- Drama.
Teenage pregnancy -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.