Casa de Lava Preceded by Ne Change Rien & Tarrafal

Inspired by Jacques Tourneur’s I Walked with a Zombie, Casa de Lava (also known as Down to Earth) follows a young nurse charged with bringing a young worker, comatose after an accident, from Lisbon to his home on the volcanic island of Fogo.

Once there, she tries to piece together the circumstances of his life discovering more and more mystery the deeper she probes. (110 mins., 35mm)

Ne Change Rien features Jeanne Balibar (a favorite of Olivier Assayas) singing (13 mins, video). Tarrafal is Costa’s examination of a prison for political dissidents on Fogo (16 mins, 35mm).