Inspired by popular cult, O Coveiro is part light part darkness, a bedtime story and almost a nightmare. A child is born and his parents die of fright just to see him. André Gil Mata revisits the traditional Portuguese tale, in a fantastic movie where heads bounce, but you hear a song. (A. P.)
O Coveiro
André Gil Mata
IndieLisboa 2013 • Cinema emergente, National Competition
Portugal, Fiction, Animation, 2012, 14′