Packet 11: Tossup 13

A director from this country supervised the restoration of its New Wave film The Green Years and made a documentary (15[1])about (15[1])the editing process of his mentors Straub–Huillet (“wee-YAY”). Jonathan Rosenbaum used the term “classical modernist” to refer to films like Abraham’s Valley by a director from this country (15[1])who made around (15[1])a film a year from 1980 until his death in 2015 at age 106. (15[1])This country’s capital titles a four-and-a-half hour historical melodrama by Raúl (-5[1])Ruiz. (15[1])A 1997 (15[1])film from this (15[1])country whose (15[1])title translates as “bones” was the first by its director set in one of its capital’s (*) slums. A 75-year-old named Ventura is the protagonist of this country’s films Colossal Youth and Horse Money, the latter of which co-stars a heroin addict from an island country colonized (10[1])by this country. (-5[1])This country’s best-known director made docufiction films starring non-actors, like In Vanda’s Room and Vitalina Varela. For 10 points, name this home country of Manoel de Oliveira and Pedro Costa. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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