A family vacation doc where Easter gets weird, pagan, and surprisingly rattling.
Autobiographical documentary about an Easter vacation spent by the Ruivo’s family in the country town of Castelo de Vide, where the resurrection of Christ is traditionally celebrated with a “rattle” with a pagan resonance.
Direction
Ruivo turns home movies into artful cultural anthropology.
Sound
That rattle sound design will haunt your Easter eggs.
Director
André Ruivo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Castelo de Vide's Easter ratos are a genuine Portuguese tradition blending Catholic procession with pre-Christian noise-making rituals meant to wake the dead.
Ruivo cast his actual son Vasco and used family audio recordings, blurring documentary ethics in ways the film itself seems to celebrate.
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