Nourished by pain, it corrupts the intimacy of a couple that has lost their child. The mother, Gracinda Nave, refuses to speak, transforming their home in a place of mourning where memories shatter lovers, ruining the relation with her husband, José Airosa. The original soundtrack is, in itself, a metaphor of how one can escape from grief, in a way the final duet symbolizes everything unsaid between them, through out the film. The director, Margarida Leitão, employs the symbology of a balloon, a puzzle and some drawings to create little flashes of a past filled with colour. A chromatic journey across the instants of another life when we could hear a child's laughter and the house was filled with joy. But now, the house is an empty space where the two lovers drift apart.
Editing | João Braz | Editor |
Writing | Margarida Leitão | Writer |
Sound | Vasco Pimentel | Sound |
Sound | Branko Neškov | Sound Mixer |
Production | Pandora da Cunha Telles | Producer |
Directing | Margarida Leitão | Director |
Production | António da Cunha Telles | Producer |
Camera | Paulo Ares | Director of Photography |