Short film

Song of Love and Health
2009 · 35 min
A quiet, offbeat comedy that finds gentle humor and melancholy in mundane routines and unexpected connection.
- Directed by
- João Nicolau
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Starring
- Norberto Lobo, Marta Sena, Ana Francisca
- Overview
- João is an indolent young man, whose life is desperately empty. Day after day he goes through the motions of duplicating keys in his tiny shop concealed in the basement of an obsolete nearly deserted shopping center. Some day, he hopes, the lady of his heart will come and order the key that will unlock his heart. Against all expectation, the miracle happens...
- How it feels
- Whimsical, melancholic, warm and absurd. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, love, loneliness, work
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- João Nicolau
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Starring
- Norberto Lobo, Marta Sena, Ana Francisca


