Country: Portugal
Year: 2003
Duration: 94
Laura is a lonely girl and doesn't know how to like within her
solitude. She tries to distract herself, but even she doesn't know how,
and wanders aimlessly through the streets. Laura has a sister, Sara, to
whom she is very attached. Together with her two daughters, they form a
sort of family. Nothing is the same as it used to be with her husband,
except for the painful things. Why continue wanting a person you don't
love anymore?Later, as both sisters search for affection, other
sentiments are wounded. And they discover that there is love we don't
choose, but which is given to us and which we need. Laura returns to her
father and goes to her mother to talk to her. What will she discover? In
the end, there is a sort of family: Laura, her children, her sister. And
the sun and the beach. And winter.
Biography
film director
Luis Fonseca
Luís Fonseca (Lisbon, 1966) graduated in cinema from the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema in 1990 and made his debut in directing in 1985, making a documentary with Francisco Villa-Lobos, Ouguela. Between 1997 and 1998 he wrote the play O Vôo das borboletas and made a television adaptation of texts by Karl Valentin (No Fotógrafo) and Caryl Churchill (Trés noites sem dormir). He returned to cinema with his short film Chuva (1999), which participated at the Mostra del Cinema of Venice, and after writing the plays Os Dias que nos dão (1999) and O vento que vem (2000), he directed Antes que o tempo mude and the short film De Manhã in 2003.
FILMOGRAFIA
Ouguela (doc., 1995, co-regia Francisco Villa-Lobos), No
Fotógrafo (TV, 1998), Três noites sem dormir (TV, 1998),
Chuva (cm, 1999), Antes que o tempo mude (2003), De
Manhã (cm, 2003).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/Director, story, screenplay: Luís Fonseca
Fotografia/Director of photography: Leonardo Simões
Suono/Sound: Emídio Buchinho
Montaggio/Film editor: Patrícia Saramago
Interpreti/Cast: Mónica Calle, Mónica Garnel, João Mota, Manuela de Freitas, Amândio Pinheiro
Produttore/Producer: Francisco Villa-Lobos
Produzione/Production: Contracosta Produções ld.
Fotografia/Director of photography: Leonardo Simões
Suono/Sound: Emídio Buchinho
Montaggio/Film editor: Patrícia Saramago
Interpreti/Cast: Mónica Calle, Mónica Garnel, João Mota, Manuela de Freitas, Amândio Pinheiro
Produttore/Producer: Francisco Villa-Lobos
Produzione/Production: Contracosta Produções ld.