In the opening scene, which lasts for minutes, we see a gigantic container ship slowly sailing by at dawn. At the end of the film, Brazilian director Bruno Safadi shows an enormous cruise ship, but then in the middle of the night, filmed in the same way with a fixed camera from a distance.
In between, Safadi focuses on three beautiful, young, affluent people: Pedro, Antônia and Luana circle each other like floating islands. Restless. Adrift. Possessed by love. Possessed by themselves.
The form is experimental; the title only appears on screen after half an hour and the powerful, penetrating soundtrack often tells a completely different story from the suggestive images. This hypnotic, alienating film is part of Operation Sonia Silk, a project supported by the Hubert Bals Fund and made by a collective of filmmakers, actors and crew who shot three feature films in two weeks on a very modest budget. See also Rio Belongs to Us and Eden.
- Director
- Bruno Safadi
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2013
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 72'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- O uivo da gaita
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producers
- Rita Toledo, Bruno Safadi, Ricardo Pretti, Carolina Benjamín
- Production Companies
- DAZA, TB Produções, Alumbramento
- Sales
- TB Produções
- Screenplay
- Bruno Safadi
- Cinematography
- Ivo Lopes Araújo
- Editor
- Guto Parente, Luiz Pretti
- Production Design
- Luísa Horta
- Sound Design
- Edson Secco
- Music
- Guilherme Vaz
- Cast
- Mariana Ximenes, Leandra Leal
- Local Distributor
- Hubert Bals Fund