A surfer walks on water, then drowns in his girlfriend's poetry.
A free-spirited surfer who masters the hang-five — walking to the tip of the board and balancing on his toes — finds himself haunted by the characters from his girlfriend’s poems.
Cinematography
Grainy 16mm waves that feel like memory itself.
Direction
Batista channels experimental theatre through surf culture.
Director
Djalma Limongi Batista
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1975 Brazil was exploding with Cinema Novo experimentation; this short surfs between that movement and American New Wave psych-dramas.
Nuno Leal Maia became a massive telenovela star — imagine this guy later selling you soap opera drama.
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