Brazilian “The Father’s Shadow” is one of those occasional arthouse quasi-horror films, like “The Spirit of the Beehive” or Aussie “Celia,” in which the supernatural elements seem a poetical extens…
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’s sophomore feature could parlay critical acclaim into offshore distribution beyond the festival circuit. Not entirely satisfying, it’s nonetheless a curiously poignant fable of profound premature loss, both enhanced and somewhat muddled by its slippery occult elements. But when it seems the little girl’s conjuring actually triggers a marriage proposal from Cristina’s on/off boyfriend , auntie moves out. In his numbed despair, Jorge is helpless to prevent — or even detect — his child becoming de facto full-time housekeeper, cook and bill-payer, among other duties.
While it’s not inaccurate to paint “The Father’s Shadow” as a sort of favela “Pet Sematary,” there’s much more attention to bleak psychological realism here than to any gory or fantastical events. Subsidiary figures like Dalva’s little friend Abigail or dad’s workmate Almir also get absorbed into the otherworldly goings-on, albeit as a result of their own heartbreaking life circumstances. And it’s possible that whatever supernatural events get depicted occur only in their minds.
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