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Video film investigates the term 'invisibility' in human relationships, using cyber-identity and real interhuman communication.
33'
USA
IFFR 2001
The night of the summer solstice. Explosions of fireworks resound between the two banks of the river like a bombardment. In the river, boats appear and disappear. Lost in the dark, rich and poor dissolve under the firework lights, changing colours every moment. Is it war? Is it the light of the sky descending upon them? Is it the end of the world? Paulo Rocha (Porto, 1935) is one of the most important exponents of the Portuguese nouvelle vague from the sixties. He has made many short films, features and documentaries that are internationally renowned.
- Director
- Paulo Rocha
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Production Year
- 2001
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2001
- Length
- 31'
- Medium
- 35mm
- International title
- The Mermaids
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producers
- Suma Filmes, Porto 2001 European Capital of C, Joao Pedro Bénard
- Sales
- Agencia - Portuguese Short Film Agency
- Screenplay
- Regina Guimaraes
- Cinematography
- Paulo Abreu
- Editor
- Edgar Feldman
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