Miguel Saraiva

Dialogue of Shadows uses the exhibition "Pedro Costa: Company" as its raw material, and as a starting point to build a mosaic, sparking a dialogue between several figures from filmmaker Pedro Costa's creative imagination.

Chantal Akerman and Pedro Costa meet in a movie theatre.

포르투갈의 거장 페드로 코스타의 작품 세계를 관통하는 시네마틱한 여정이 펼쳐진다. 용암의 집부터 뼈, 반다의 방, 행진하는 청춘, 호스 머니까지 20년에 걸친 코스타 영화를 원재료로, 거기서 발췌한 스틸 컷과 사운드트랙이 직관에 따라 재배치된다. 사카벵은 예술가와 작품에 관한 전통적인 다큐멘터리가 아니다.

The story takes place in 1948, in post WWII Europe. Amelia, a young girl, who struggles to communicate with her mother after the death of her father, is sent to the Portuguese provincial town of Elvas for a holiday with her uncles. There she meets Thomas, an Austrian refugee boy, who is being fostered by her Aunt and Uncle while they find his parents from whom he was separated during the war. After a rocky start, these children teach each other the true meaning of friendship and communication. This tale is based on a true story of the director’s grandmother who met a young refugee.

In what way does contemporaneity look at objectuality, the world of objects and their relations to human beings? Objects are among us, we’re connected to them, they talk; we create them, but we’re also created by them; they affect us, they inhabit our imaginary, they are part of our memory, together with us they create our community. José Bragança de Miranda convenes a peculiar set of objects to this reflexion.

In what way does contemporaneity look at objectuality, the world of objects and their relations to human beings? Objects are among us, we’re connected to them, they talk; we create them, but we’re also created by them; they affect us, they inhabit our imaginary, they are part of our memory, together with us they create our community. José Bragança de Miranda convenes a peculiar set of objects to this reflexion.