The story is deceptively simple. Following the death of her mother, 11-year-old (played with haunting authenticity by then-newcomer Mariana Rocha ) is sent to live with her stern, taciturn grandfather on a fading coffee farm in the interior of São Paulo state. Alienated and mute with grief, Clara wanders the overgrown pastures until she discovers a wild, injured horse—a mangy, mistreated creature the locals call “Fantasma” (Ghost).
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