It is inevitable: all stories have a beginning and an end.
However, it happens very often that what we retain from a story diffuses from the factual realm and the sequential order of events.
That is why, from time to time, we don’t remember the synopsis of a story, nor how it ends, nor what was the relationship between the characters.
What reverberates in our memory may be just a scene, an incomplete chapter, an episode, a colour, a sound, or even just a single word.
Why do we choose a particular moment in a story over another? Are we able to see the bigger picture around this little excerpt that our memory has decided to nurture? We do not know. And in this case, we do not even want to know. Because it’s this uncertainty that is at the center of the evocation in this film.
Image
This year's poster was designed by Playground.
Video Spot
From a long story with a beginning, middle and end, we only have an extract of about 1 minute left.
It may seem very little, but there is something immeasurable about the two characters we see. They are enough just by the way they behave.
We are not concerned with knowing where they came from, who they are or what their next steps will be. The whole of their existence is fulfilled in that they are simply there, at that very moment.
Something happens and we realise that we are not facing a theater of random circumstances. There will certainly be a plausible justification for what has happened, but we don’t have to explain it. Because, to unravel it would steer us away from the most important aspects of what we are seeing.
Doubt persists. Tension grows. Colour and sound become the main characters. And that's when we arrive to this privileged place from which we do not want to leave. The altar at where the unknown and the inexplicable fascinate us.
Credits
Creative Director / Director: Rui Vieira DOP: Leandro Ferrão
Cast: Romeu Vala & Julia Valente
Producer: Playground
Executive Producer: Alexandra Dias
Line Producer: João Abreu
Focus Puller: Leandro Scarpin
Video Assist: Diana Amaro
Make-up & Special Effects: Andy Dyo
Make-up Assistant: Kseniia Popkova
Behind the Scenes: Ana Lia Martins
Chief Electrician: Álvaro Sousa
Electricians: Hugo Nunes & Ivo Ribeiro Chief Driver: Ricardo Abrantes
Drivers: Valter Carvalho & Rodrigo Abrantes
Post-producer: Ricardo Montez
Editing: Diogo Lima
Grade: Jennifer Mendes
Original Soundtrack Sound Design: Núcleo Audio
Graphic Designer: Pedro Maia
Photographer: Rui Vieira
With the support of Grupo Nova Imagem, Showreel, Planar, Loudness, Hit Management, Agente a Norte, Muzt Agency and Netcast.
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