This Side of Resurrection

This Side of Resurrection Portuguese Deste Lado da Ressurreio is a Portuguese independent drama film written and directed by Joaquim Sapinho. Was produced at the independent production company Rosa Filmes and had its world premiere at the 2011 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Visions programme. It was considered one of the best films of 2011 at the annual list of the Film Comment magazine.

This Side of Resurrection was considered by the Film Comment magazine one of the best films of 2011 in its annual list.The film tells the story of a sister and a brother, Ins and Rafael. Since the divorce of their parents, their family never saw Rafael again. Ins runs away from home looking for him when she is told he is back at the Guincho Beach and surfing again. Rafael is an exsurf champion who everyday gets himself inside the most dangerous waves to test the limits of his life. When the two siblings meet, Guincho makes them come together in a promise of paradise on earth, as it was the last place where their family lived together and in happiness. But Ins is surprised one day when she finds her brother looking fixedly to the Serra de Sintra mountain range, where the Convent of the Capuchos was once his refuge. She fears having brought back to him the memories of the separation of their parents. Rafael is in a crisis of faith. When one day he disappears, Ins knows he went back to the convent, and she starts doing what she can to bring him back to her. ........

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