30° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
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SINAIS DE SERENIDADE POR COISAS SEM SENTIDO

SIGNS OF STILLNESS OUT OF MEANINGLESS THINGS
by Sandro Aguilar
Country: Portugal
Year: 2012
Duration: 28'


Two kids are wandering through the rooms of what seems to be a science museum, waiting to go home. A man instead is collecting samples from a river, placing them in small transparent containers to catalogue them. Another man is looking at the world through a lens, which is actually a scuba mask: but at night the water is so dense that the only thing that can be perceived is the fog rising and dissolving into the darkness.

Biography

film director

Sandro Aguilar

Sandro Aguilar (Portugal, 1974) studied cinema at the Escuela Superior de Teatro e Cinema. In 1998 he founded the production company O Som e a Fúria with Luis Urbano. In 1999 he participated to the Locarno Film Festival with his second short film, Estou Perto, receiving the Pardi di domani Award. Sem Movimento (2000) was selected by the Venice Film Festival, where it earned a special mention. He made Remains in 2002 and A Serpente in 2005, both of which were presented in Locarno. His debut feature film, A Zona (2008), was presented at the Torino Film Festival, as was his next project Mercúrio, which also participated to many other international film festivals, winning the highest honors at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival.

FILMOGRAFIA

O Cadáver Esquisito (cm, 1996), Estou Perto (cm, 1998), Sem Movimento (cm, 2000), Corpo e Meio (cm, 2001), Remains (cm, 2002), A Serpente (cm, 2005), Arquivo (cm, 2007), A Zona (2008), Voodoo (mm, 2010), Mercúrio (cm, 2010), And They Went (cm, 2011), Sinais de Serenidade por Coisas sem Sentido (cm, 2012).


Declaration

film director

“According to the perpetual lunar calendar: ‘When the embers or fire sparks catch to the pot of water, it signifies wind. When the hills echo very loudly and the sea creates great noise, it signifies tempestuous winds and storms at sea. When, at dawn, dense fog is formed, it signifies serenity for two days.’ Let’s wait and see.”

Cast

& Credits

regia, sceneggiatura, montaggio/director, screenplay, film editing Sandro Aguilar fotografia/cinematography Rui Xavier
suono/sound Pedro Melo
interpreti/cast Isabel Abreu, Albano Jerónio, Gustavo Sumpta, Cristovão Campos, Eva Aguilar, Eduardo Aguilar
produttori/producers Sandro Aguilar, Luis Urbano
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales O Som e a Fúria
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