Product Review

In only his second feature, Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa (HORSE MONEY, IN VANDA'S ROOM) brilliantly reworked Jacques Tourneur's classic I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE into a reflection on his country s colonial legacy. A nurse, Mariana (Inês Medeiros), accompanies Leão (Isaach De Bankole) to his home on the volcanic islands of Cape Verde after an accident sends him into a coma. Yet he goes unrecognized by fellow denizens, leaving Mariana trapped with and eventually entranced by a mysterious community. Never before released in the U.S. and now beautifully restored, CASA DE LAVA foreshadows the masterful films that would follow, yet is an extraordinary, ravishing work in its own right.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Casa de Lava scrapbook (2012, 24 minutes), pages from Pedro Costa s notebook, featuring images and texts gathered during production, and set to original music
Interview with cinematographer Emmanuel Machuel
Theatrical Trailer
Plus, a booklet featuring essays by film scholars Darlene J. Sadlier and Jonathan Rosenbaum