The House of the Dead

The House of the Dead

2009
24m
7.0

7.0/10

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Overview

Bubu is a poet who has been committed to state institutions for the insane twelve times. He challenges the meaning of hospital-jails, hybrid institutions which sentence the insane to life imprisonment. The poem "The House of the Dead" was written during the filming of the documentary and reveals the forgotten deaths that occur in these judicial asylums. There are three stories in three acts of death. Jaime, Antonio, and Almerindo are anonymous men, considered dangers to society, whose punishment is the tragedy of suicide, the unending cycle of being committed to the asylum, or surviving life imprisonment in the house of the dead. Bubu is the narrator of his own life and also of his own destiny-death in the asylum.

Status: Released

Language: PT

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Production Information

Production Companies
ImagensLivres
Production Countries
Brazil
Spoken Languages
Portuguese

Quick Facts

Original Title A Casa Dos Mortos
Release Date May 6, 2009
Status Released
Language PT
IMDb ID tt1427997
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Cast

Key Crew

Fabiana Paranhos
Producer
Debora Diniz
Director