In the middle of June the village of Santo Antonio de Mixoes da Serra in the Valdreu region of Northern Portugal honours its Patron Saint with a very special festival. On this day the local farmers bring their animals to the church – cows, horses, dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits – to be blessed. This ancient tradition is passed from generation to generation, and today, just as hundreds of years ago, animals and people flock up the mountain roads to the church square to become a part of the religious festival. The film is about this miracle.
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one of my absolute favorites!
Lack of good storyline.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.