Pedro Costa
Director
Ossos (1997)
After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.
Genres: Drama
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Watch Providers: Criterion Channel
Production Companies: Madragoa Filmes, Gemini Films, Zentropa Entertainments
Country: Denmark
Production Countries:
Denmark,
France,
Portugal
Languages:
Portuguese
Part of The Fontainhas Collection
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Runtime: 97 min.
Released: Nov. 14, 1997
Status: Released
Certification: NR