Down to Earth

1994 [PORTUGUESE]

Action / Drama

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 55% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 55% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 1166 1.2K

nurse memory loss cape verde abstract

Plot summary

The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama.

Director

Pedro Costa Photo
Pedro Costa

Top cast

Monica Calle Photo
Monica Calle as Enfermeira em Lisboa
Isaach De Bankolé Photo
Isaach De Bankolé as Leão
Edith Scob Photo
Edith Scob as Edite
João Gomes de Pina Photo
João Gomes de Pina as Bassora
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
918.23 MB
1204*720
Portuguese 2.0
NR
Subtitles pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds ...
1.74 GB
1792*1072
Portuguese 2.0
NR
Subtitles pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tieman64

Burn, baby, burn

Reviewed by evening1 5 / 10

Difficult, meandering story against stunning backdrop

Mariana is that rare health professional who unfailingly views her patient as a human being.Played by Ines de Medeiros, she makes sure a coma patient (Isaach De Kankole) avoids the sun, and gets his forehead pat, little gestures that other nurses wouldn't think to do.However, once this exemplary healer leaves her native turf of Portugal, for the stark, volcanic terrain of Cape Verde, it's as if she starts to disintegrate, showing coldness to staff at a clinic where her ward awaits an unknown person who paid for his return home.We meet all manner of person in the village, though it's never entirely clear who means what. Along the way we meet some wonderful local musicians. Dancing at a club is lovely to observe.I puzzled over the significance of Creole-speaking emigree Edith (Edith Scob), only later to realize in a discussion sponsored by the New York Public Library that she followed her political-prisoner husband to the island, treasuring his poetic love letters.
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