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In the country with most Japanese descendants outside Japan, Haruko, 94, finds herself on the edge of living. While her japanese-brazilian daughter sumiko takes care of her, they inhabit a house surrounded by memories, dreams and nature. faced with the approach of death, they confront ghosts from the past and wander through the narrow path between the terrain and the transcendental.
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Released
Original Language
PT

A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him. What emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilised and yet tormented man.

Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. Fifteen celebrated film-makers were invited to create their own vision of what time means in ten minutes of film.