It’s Autumn. A young woman and an older man travel by train to Douro, looking for a light phenomenon. They wait during the day but it’s in the silence of the night that things starts to appear. The invisible becomes visible, but is it still possible to believe?
We hear the train, the wind blowing, and suddenly, the Douro Valley pours in through the window. The starting point for this journey: a rare light phenomenon that occurs in that region every 20 years. For many, it’s a myth they’ve never witnessed. Others might say that those who look to the sky are searching for something within themselves or hoping to touch the unattainable. The hunt for the ephemeral sublime in Mariana Santana’s first fiction short film presents us with a naturalistic and incantatory dance between light and shadow, day and night, leading us to reflect on the possible relationship between this girl and this man. A relationship that remains mysterious, where the outer world leaves clues about the inner one. (Susana Santos Rodrigues)
