What if seeing beauty made you crazy? This 17-minute fever dream asks.
In an urban reality seen only in black and white, a boy from a conservatory works alone in the school's abandoned fine arts department. Until the boy is accused of schizophrenia by the institution, for gradually starting to see colors and act outside the norm, because he is an artist.
Cinematography
The color transition is *chef's kiss* storytelling.
Direction
Bortoluzzi weaponizes aspect ratio like a maniac.
Production
Retro aesthetic that cost probably $12 and looks like millions.
Director
Rodrigo Bortoluzzi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film mirrors Brazil's historical treatment of artists under authoritarian regimes—creativity as pathology.
The color shift was achieved in-camera using hand-processed 16mm, not digital grading—those chemical accidents are real.
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