Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes

Tiago Guedes

IndieLisboa 2019 • National Competition

Portugal, Fiction, 2019, 109′

The economic crisis, a teddy bear with suicidal tendencies named Judy Garland, the Discovery Channel, a black panther and the Russian playwright Anton Tchekhov are all part of the heroic adventure of a little girl who has a problem to solve.

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