As the boy's ancestry unfolds in a magnificent tapestry of flashbacks that slowly weave
a portrait out of dozens of characters and stories, so does the story of the quietly driven Father Dinis (Adriano Luz), which is inextricably tied to the boy's past.
Today, on the 62nd floor
of a midtown skyscraper next to a tricked -
out iMac — on which Photoshop has replaced Polaroid — Samaras, 75, couldn't seem further from the old loft scene, although his walls are adorned with
dozens of beaded necklaces and self -
portraits dating back to high school.