Palaces of Pity (2011)

6.6/10 59 min

Overview

Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression, juxtaposing their budding identities to a trial condemning two Moorish homosexuals to burn at the stake.

Cast

Gabriel Abrantes

Daniel Schmidt

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