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SECRETS OF WAR AND SUPERSTITION
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get of local superstitions... becomes increasingly blurred. political repression also keeps them
under control. The regime uses be-
While they fear unknown powers With its sober and “cold” fil- lief in the occult and blind obedien-
and the return of ancient threats, mmaking, “Finisterra” captures the ce to suppress and eliminate those
people are unaware of other ter- harshness and isolation of the Al- who challenge the norm.
rors that are infiltrating Aljezur. garve landscape, a territory that is
The Nazi presence in the region is both beautiful and unforgiving. The With Leonor Vasconcelos, Miguel
more real than anyone wants to ad- series draws on myths, supersti- Guilherme, Rui Pedro Silva, and
mit, and the silent pacts that gua- tions, and the deepest fears to create Gonçalo Waddington in the lead
rantee the illusion of neutrality are a narrative where the supernatural roles, "Finisterra" is the brainchild
beginning to crumble. With each and dictatorship are intertwined. of Guilherme Branquinho and Leo-
revelation, the line between reality Just as the fear of witchcraft con- ne Niel, who also wrote the script
and superstition or manipulation ditions the inhabitants of Aljezur, and directed it.

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