Since 1980, German institutions have been sending teenagers to the south of Portugal as part of several experimental projects of social re-education. Katrin (Sylta Fee Wegmann) comes to Alentejo within this context. She does not establish a relationship with her environment, a situation heightened by the harshness of the landscape and the void of a socially barren region. Katrin, Julia (Alice Dwyer), and Pedro (Lufs Guerra) form an enclave in a no-man’s land – a physical and mental desert.
“Mélancolie adolescente sur les rivages du Portugal”
by J-F. Rauger in LE MONDE
“Des ados perdus dans un Portugal solaire.”
by O. Séguret in LIBÉRATION
“En arrière, jeunesse”
by J-Ph. Tessé in CAHIERS DU CINÉMA
“Chorégraphie et expression pathétique”
by A. Bataille
“The future of film.”
by F. Maire in TAKE 100 DIRECTORS
“Terra – Body Rice”
by Nelson Araújo in CINEMA E NATUREZA no séc.XXI – Documenta
“Body Rice”
Locarno official competition 2006 / Rotterdam / Las Palmas / Mexico / Buenos Aires / Brussels / Hong-Kong / Crossing Europe / Leeds / Bangkok / Wroclaw / Ljubljana (among others) – Prizes – Locarno competition special mention 2006 – Best director BAFICI – Buenos Aires / Best director FICCO – Mexico city (among others)
