Mãnãtãg, A Encantada - Shawara Maxakali, Chaves Bicalho

The Indian Mãtãnãg follows the spirit of her husband, who had been bitten by a snake, to the village of the dead. Together they overcome the obstacles that separate the earthly world from the spiritual world. Once in the land of spirits, things are different: other ways govern the supernatural. But Mãtãnãg is not dead and her soul must return to the living. Back in his village, reunited with his relatives, new vicissitudes during a ritual will provide the opportunity for the living and the dead to meet again. Spoken in the Maxakali language and subtitled, Mãtãnãg is based on a traditional story of the Maxakali people. The illustrations for the film were made in a workshop at Aldeia Verde, in the municipality of Ladainha, in Minas Gerais.