
rain hums a lullaby to pain
🇵🇹 | short film | 28’ | 2020
a chuva
synopsis
in the year 74bc, titus lucretius carus, a young man with bold ideas, tries to convince his friend memio that moving to the city of rome to study is a total waste of time. years later, lucretius returns from the capital. trying to find a balance between his explanations of the natural world and his emotional experience of it, lucretius lives a deep and troubled passion with his foreign wife isa.
process
in “rain hums a lullaby to pain” i aimed to create a soundtrack that blends synthesized and traditional string instrument sounds with electronic beats and synths. this creates a strange, out-of-time sensation for the viewer and reflects the film's goal of merging different time periods.
exhibitions
🇦🇹 viennale 🇧🇷 cine esquema novo 🇨🇦 montreal festival du nouveau cinema 🇪🇨 cámara lúcida festival de cine 🇬🇷 athens avant-garde film festival 🇳🇱 international film festival rotterdam 🇵🇹 festival de cinema luso-brasileiro de santa maria da feira 🇵🇹 indielisboa 🇵🇹 shortcutz vila real 🇪🇸 curtocircuíto – international film festival