Portugal/France
2016 – 20’ – IN PORTUGUESE
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Synopsis
In a small Portuguese village, a tragedy occurred. An old lady is found dead in her garden, surrounded by snakes, while her 40 year-old daughter, Lurdes, fled without telling anyone. The gossips in town about the mysterious destiny of this house are spreading fast...
Extract
DIRECTOR: Cristèle Alves Meira
PRODUCTION: Gaëlle Mareschi
SCENARIO: Cristèle Alves Meira
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Rui Poças
EDITING: Raphaël Lefèvre
SOUND: Amaury Arboun - Vincent Pateau - Cédric Lionnet
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Julien Michel
CAST:
Ana Padrão
Sónia Martins
Simão Cayatte
Ludovic Berthillot
Jacqueline Corado
PRODUCTION
FLUXUS FILMS
Gaëlle Mareschi
Tel. +33 (0)6 63 03 28 97
gmareschi@kinology.eu
CO-PRODUCTION
UKBAR FILMES
Pablo Iraola - Pandora Da Cunha Telles
Tel. +351 934 298 194
pablo@ukbarfilmes.com
DISTRIBUTION
SALES
PRESS
FLUXUS FILMS
Gaëlle Mareschi
Tel. +33 (0)6 63 03 28 97
gmareschi@kinology.eu
CONTACT CANNES
FLUXUS FILMS
Gaëlle Mareschi
Tel. +33 (0)6 63 03 28 97
gmareschi@kinology.eu
Cristèle Alves Meira
Tel. +33 (0)6 46 88 06 13
In a Portuguese mountain village genuinely called the Vipers Field, Lurdes, a 40-year-old woman, is torn between her desire of freedom and her duty to look after her mother. The bodies of villagers meander like those of snakes during the New Year’s Eve, before they realise a drama took place. Like Cassavetes, whose camera closely follows Mabel in A Woman Under the Influence, Cristèle Alves Meira captures Lurdes’ movements and inner struggles in a faltering realistic and dreamlike atmosphere.
By Iris Brey
