A son films his mother to understand why he's obsessed with suffering on screen.
Recalling his childhood and relationship with his mother, a film student tries to understand the origin of his love for cinema and tragedies.
Direction
Self-reflexive essay structure that interrogates its own existence
Writing
Personal mythology woven through Greek tragedy frameworks
Director
Rafael Fernando Oliveira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Essay films like this inherit from Chris Marker's Sans Soleil, using personal archives to question how cinema mediates memory.
The 8-minute runtime mirrors classic tragedy structure—compression forcing emotional density.
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