The film was inspired by the letters exchanged between two leading Portuguese poets, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and Jorge de Sena, during the exile of the latter (1957-78).
Jorge de Sena was forced to leave Portugal due to political and other circumstances. He moved to Brazil and then to the USA, pursuing an academic career. He would never return to his home country.
The correspondence between the two poets is testimony to their quest for freedom during a period when Portugal’s fascist regime was under increasing pressure. But their letters also offer an insight into the profound affinity between two human beings. Theirs was a rare friendship that both were determined to sustain, unblemished, until death.
Through their poetry and their letters, the film builds a dialogue between longing and belonging, the “desire to fill years of distance with hours of conversation”. At the same time, it establishes correspondences with our own lives, which are fictionalized under the ties and entanglements that hold us together.
PT: O filme foi inspirado nas cartas trocadas entre dois importantes poetas portugueses, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen e Jorge de Sena, durante o exílio do último (1957-78).
Jorge de Sena foi forçado a abandonar Portugal devido a circunstâncias políticas e existenciais. Mudou-se para o Brasil e depois para os EUA, em busca da carreira académica. Nunca mais voltaria ao seu país de origem.
A correspondência entre os dois poetas é um testemunho da sua procura pela liberdade durante um período em que o regime fascista de Portugal estava sob pressão crescente. No entanto, as suas cartas oferecem também a visão de uma profunda afinidade entre dois seres humanos. Uma amizade rara que ambos estavam determinados a manter, sem mácula, até a morte.
Por meio das suas poesias e cartas, o filme constrói um diálogo entre saudade e pertença, entre “o desejo de preencher anos de distância com horas de conversa”. Ao mesmo tempo que estabelece correspondências com as nossas próprias vidas, ficiconalizadas sob os laços e emaranhados que nos unem.
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