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Just last week, I was lucky enough to get to review Brazilian director Luciano de Azevedo’s short Cabrito, a tale of family, food and responsibility that was rich in symbolism and heavy in mental anguish. I thought it was dark, gritty, beautiful and horrifying. With much anticipation, last night I was able to …

Imagine being emotionally tortured every time you slept or ate. Just performing basic human functions would trigger excruciating mental agony, mostly caused by the two people you cared for most in the world – your lover and your mother. What kind of insanity would that produce? Writer/director Luciano de Azevedo …