Your aunt's house: the original purgatory.
Felipe is obliged to spend his afternoons with Aunt Guta.
Acting
Lilian Blanc's aunt carries decades of unspoken resentment in every gesture.
Direction
Ungaretti stretches 19 minutes into what feels like actual eternal afternoon.
Director
Helena Ungaretti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'De Castigo' literally means 'As Punishment'—a uniquely Brazilian way of framing family obligation as sentenced time.
Ungaretti's background in documentary informs the uncomfortable observational quality; every awkward silence feels accidentally captured rather than performed.
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