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Palaces of Pity

Palácios de Pena

Release: 2011-09-02 ·Runtime: 59m ·★ 6.6

Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression, juxtaposing their budding identities to a trial condemning two Moorish homosexuals to burn at the stake.

Production Countries

Portugal

Production Companies

A Mutual Respect