The Nature of Invisible Things

Where does the soul go when we leave? Gloria wants to understand what words can’t explain. A powerful film about a child’s gift of observation.

A holiday in a hospital? Gloria had imagined it differently. But since her single mother works there as a nurse, she has no choice but to come along. At the hospital, she meets Sofia, a girl her own age whose great-grandmother has had a fall. But this is no ordinary elderly woman - she’s a Brazilian healer, and she must return home. So Gloria and her mother spontaneously decide to go with them. In the community out in the countryside, they experience a magical summer. And then there’s also the mystery surrounding Sofia’s brother Bento. - A sensitive film about life and letting go, about being there for one another, and about the courage to stand up for yourself.