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Edgar Pêra

IndieLisboa 2021 • Director's Cut

Portugal, Experimental, Fiction, 2021, 10′

It is with images of Domingos de Oliveira Santos, a surgeon turned filmmaker, that Edgar Pêra composes a mosaic that goes beyond home videos, rushing beyond them.

Director's Bio

Edgar Pêra was born in Lisbon and lived in Moscavide until he was 20 years old. Then he moved to Lisbon and started making films.

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