Attention, strong images.
Sao Paulo. In the same cemetery where they once secretly buried opponents of the military dictatorship, today they bury the marginalized people of the street. The dead that are undocumented or not claimed within 72 hours are also treated this way and buried in mass graves.
According to the legend, Papa Figo is a Brazilian folk character who carries a sack full of toys, sweets and money. The contents of the sack doom all innocent and distracted victims who, far from the sight of the adults, are attracted by the one who has no shadow. Papa Figo has a very specific goal. To heal his strange disease, he extracts organs from its victims, such as the liver or the kidneys. Anguish and suffering are hidden behind myths and legends that tell stories, and sometimes this stories are based on real events. In this documentary, Papa Figo stalks us as a representation of a figure that exhales mystery and death…
