(OSSOS, Pedro Costa, Portugal 1997, 96 min., Portuguese with subtitles, 35mm)

In the heartbreaking first film in Costa’s acclaimed trilogy set in the gritty Lisbon ghetto of Estrela d’Africa, a suicidal young mother’s newborn is saved by the child’s father, only to become a beggar’s prop on the street. Costa’s indelible sense of place resonates long after the film is over.