Senhora Aparecida | Our lady Aparecida
Catarina Alves Costa | 1995
Betacam | 55'

[Synopsis]
In the village of Senhora Aparecida, near Oporto, the annual pagan festivity is being prepared. As usual, the penitents order the coffins that will transport them (like dead people) from their house to the chapel. But this time the new priest intends to put an end to the coffins procession. The conflict is inevitable.
This is a film that tells the story of the people that promised to Our Lady Aparecida their wishes, their secrets and their personal feelings. The film reflects on popular versus official religion; tradition versus modernity.

[Credits]
Direction: Catarina Alves Costa
Image:José Luis Carvalhosa
Extra camera: Miguel Queiroga, João Ribeiro
Sound: Quintino Bastos
Editing: Catarina Alves Costa, Pedro Duarte
Executive Producer: Pedro Correia Martins
Production: SP Filmes
Finantial support: Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), RTP, Media Development

[Awards and Exhibitions]
Best Film at Rassegna Internazionale di Documentari Etnografici
Excellency Award at the American Anthropological Association Film Festival
European Award Massimo Troisi 1996
Best Direction at University of California Film Festival, Março 1997
Cinéma du Réel, Paris, 1995
Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York, 1996