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Vortex

Vortex

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Vortex

2017

0h 9m

6.0(1 votes)

Animation

Overview

A corridor of an apartment is transformed into a claustrophobic and vertiginous vortex that swallows and imprisons you in an infinite fall through a mise en abyme: it’s a pure enclosure inside the image world, it’s the Descent into the Maelstrom.

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Cast & crew

5 featured cast members

Starring

Alexandre Alagôa

Alexandre Alagôa

as himself

Tiago Videira

as himself

Vera Rodrigues

as herself

Bernardo Antunes

as himself

André Najovite

as himself

Creative team

Directed by: Alexandre Alagôa

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