Underplayed Gems

A Espera (1986)

A Espera poster
Directed by
Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Maurício Farias
Genre
short film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
18 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman waits for a lover who does not arrive. The short film adapts passages from Roland Barthes's book on love and uses close ups and quiet moments to show her inner experience.

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What happens

A Espera é um filme de curta-metragem brasileiro de 1986 escrito e dirigido por Luiz Fernando Carvalho e Maurício Farias. Baseado no livro Fragmentos de um Discurso Amoroso de Roland Barthes, o curta recebeu prêmios como Melhor Curta-Metragem, Melhor Atriz (Marieta Severo) e Melhor Fotografia (Walter Carvalho) no 13º Festival de Gramado; Melhor Curta-Metragem (Concha de Oro) no Festival Internacional de Cinema de San Sebastián (Espanha); e o Prêmio Especial do Júri do Festival de Ste Therèse (Canadá). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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