Official Selection

Portugal 2022
Duration: 08:26
Directed by: Catarina Sobral
Screenplay: Catarina Sobral
Production/School: Humberto Santana
Dialogue language: Portuguese

A foreigner comes to a new city. He doesn't speak the language of the locals or look like them: instead of two, he has several arms, like an octopus. He seems to approach others and even offers them his arms. Whenever he wants, the foreigner can rip off one of his arms, and it grows back. Over time, the octopus man becomes part of the city, until the day he learns the new language.

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