Short film

Na Rota do Vento

2019 · 22 min

A short, music-driven collage that drifts between past and present, inviting quiet reflection on labour, love and community.

Directed by: Victor Magrath, Marina Lutfi
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Sérgio Ricardo

Tagline: The cinema in Sérgio Ricardo's music
Overview: It is a realistic musical documentary, mixing the old and the new, exchanging chronological positions, creating a suggestive carousel for the audience. A tribute to Sérgio Ricardo's cinematographic work narrated through the assembly of scenes and tracks taken from the 7 films he directed. In this anthology, the most recurrent theme in the author's work is portrayed: the struggle of the oppressed worker who finds love, music and the community his escape valve.

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Directed by: Victor Magrath, Marina Lutfi
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Sérgio Ricardo

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
music
work
love
survival
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
nonlinear
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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