- 2012
- Factory 25
- 50 m
SummaryPrima ballerina Geraldine, photographer Kees, and their two boys, Christiaan and Louis, left Holland in 1980 to take up residence at the Convento São Francisco de Mértola. Strategically situated at the convergence of two rivers in southeastern Portugal, this vacant monastery was left decaying for centuries until the Zwanikken family arrived and t...
Directed By:Jarred Alterman
Convento
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Dec 12, 2012
83
By making the inanimate animate, they make nature come to life, and so does Convento.
Mar 8, 2012
75
Convento is an unusual experimental film that conjures the free-floating aura of a dream, only without the stylized, hyper-symbolic imagery that we generally associate with films attempting to convey dream states.
Mar 8, 2012
60
Documentarian Jarred Alterman emphasizes oddball lyricism in the one-of-a-kind Convento, in which a 400-year-old Portuguese monastery provides the canvas for a Dutch family's artistic experimentation.
Mar 7, 2012
60
Alterman's camerawork, panning and zooming about Christiaan's ants, rabbits, birds, and other assorted mecha creatures, conveys a sense of ominous religious awe.
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Release Date:Mar 9, 2012
Duration:50 m
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Tagline:A 400 year old monastery restored from ruins, and reborn.
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Awards
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
