23 JUL 2019
#MacabroNocturno presents: A mata negra
This month, Macabro Nocturno is warming up for the festival's fast-approaching 2019 edition, and that's why we're bringing you the winner of Best Ibero-American Feature Film from the last edition, a dark fantasy from the mind of director and special-effects master Rodrigo Aragão.
A mata negra
Director: Rodrigo Aragão| Screenplay: Rodrigo Aragão, Alexandre Callari. |2018 - Brazil - 98 min
Synopsis.- In a forest deep in Brazil, a girl sees her life —and that of everyone around her— change when the Lost Book of Cipriano falls into her hands, whose black magic not only grants power and wealth to its owner but is also capable of unleashing a terrible evil upon the Earth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wSrV1orTx0 (abre en nueva pestaña)
Macabro Nocturno is a project of #MacabroFICH in partnership with La Casa del Cine Mx, showcasing part of the festival's film archive — dating back to its founding in 2002 — in a monthly screening since February 2015.
Box-office tickets: $45.00 | Saturday, July 27, 2019 | Screenings at 20:00 and 20:45 | Casa del Cine: República de Uruguay 52, 2nd floor, Centro Histórico, Mexico City | Tel. 55 12 42 43
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