16 minutes. Two outcasts. One chord that changes everything.
Two lives that intersect with the most sincere feelings of affection. Two people who are most often placed on the margins of society. However, in a chord, they intertwine in love.
Acting
Guilherme Quadrado and Camila Amado pack decades into minutes.
Direction
Hsu Chien trusts silence more than dialogue.
Director
Hsu Chien
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Hsu Chien's graduation film from the Beijing Film Academy, shot entirely on location in Brazil without permits.
The title references Brazilian choro music tradition, where 'balada' carries weightier emotional connotations than English 'ballad' suggests.
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