António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro's ROSA DE AREIA (1989) - L.A. premiere of new restoration!
The final film in both in this series and Reis & Cordeiro's filmography: a work of sensuous abstraction performed in the open air of Trás-os-Montes.
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Jun 11, 2026, 7:00 PM
Now Instant Image Hall, 939 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
Rosa de Areia
a film by António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro
1989, Portugal, 88m, DCP
L.A. premiere of a brand-new 4K restoration
doors: 6:30
film: 7:00
“António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro’s final film, Rosa de Areia, is their most unclassifiable endeavor. The film is a work of sensuous abstraction performed in the open air of Trás-os-Montes, the remote region in Portugal’s Northeast which was a site of lifelong inspiration for the duo. In a series of ritualistic, highly elaborate sequence shots, as elusive and exquisite as the “desert rose” of the film’s title, Reis and Cordeiro spin a cosmic tale of nature and the human condition, drawing on a diverse range of texts ranging from Michel de Montaigne to Carl Sagan. In Cordeiro’s words, ‘Rosa de Areia is a film for those who can see and listen as if for the first time; as if it was the first film that came from the earth and spoke about it.’” -Cinema Guild
In Portuguese with English subtitles. A Cinema Guild release.