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The Crystal Castle
The Crystal Castle
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THE CRYSTAL CASTLE

A Tremonha de Cristal

Directed by António Campos
Portugal, 1993
Short, Drama

Synopsis

In an vast salt bed, among many desert islands, lives Abílio, a dying man. Writes his only grand-son, Armando, a youngster studying music in France. Back home he’s recalled how he and Abílio used to look for tremonhas (hollow, inverted pyramidal crystal castles-like clusters of salt, rare in nature)

Synopsis

In an vast salt bed, among many desert islands, lives Abílio, a dying man. Writes his only grand-son, Armando, a youngster studying music in France. Back home he’s recalled how he and Abílio used to look for tremonhas (hollow, inverted pyramidal crystal castles-like clusters of salt, rare in nature)