(NO QUARTO DA VANDA, Pedro Costa, Portugal/Germany/Switzerland/Italy 2000, 178 min., Portuguese with subtitles, 35mm)

Vanda Duarte (who appears in Costa’s Bones) is a drug addict living with her sister, Zita, in a Lisbon slum undergoing demolition. Their tragic situation is given dignity by Costa’s beautiful lighting. “Provides a standard by which to judge humanist cinema, so beautiful and generous is its vision”—James Quandt, Cinematheque Ontario.