"'If bread doesn’t breathe, it gets stiff,' says Madalena (Sônia Guedes), an elderly woman in the fictitious Brazilian village of Jotuombo, whose daily grind involves kneading dough and baking rolls before sunrise. She’s talking to Rita (Lisa Fávero), a young photographer who happens upon the village, and indeed, before Rita’s arrival, Madalena and her neighbors were living a rather airless and rigid existence. The first narrative feature from native Brazilian Julia Murat, Found Memories has all the makings of a turn-this-town-upside-down banality, its plucky drifter softening the crusty locals with her fresh breath of vitality. But Murat holds the reins on blatant convention about as tightly as she does the gaze of her static camera, which, like Rita, is most often a curious visitor of a sleepy haven forgotten by time. ..."
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NY Times: A Dying Village Gets a Curious Visitor
NPR: 'Found Memories' Revealed With Grace And Patience
W - Found Memories
MUBI: Found Memories
YouTube: Interview with Julia Murat in New York - Director of Found Memories
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