Amor Fati
Claudia Varejao
2020 - 102 min - Vidéo Ultra HD - Couleur - Portugal, France, Suisse

Amor Fati seeks out parts that complete each other. These are portraits of couples, friends, families and pets and their owners. They share the intimacy of daily life, habits, beliefs, tastes and even some physical traits. From their faces, from the choreography of their gestures, we unveil the story that binds them.
Drawn from everyday life, right before our eyes the film portrays a chorus of affection and the collective memory of a country, evoking Aristophanes’ speech in Plato’s Symposium: Do you desire to be wholly one; always day and night to be in one another’s company? For if this is what you desire, I am ready to melt you into one and let you grow together, so that being two you shall become one.



Author-Director : Claudia Varejao
Photography : Claudia Varejao
Sound : Hugo Leitão
Editing : João Braz
Delegate Producer : Terratreme Filmes
Co-producer : Mira Film GmbH
Co-producer : La Belle Affaire productions

Distribution


Distributor : Terratreme Filmes

Distinctions

2021 - CPH:DOX - Copenhagen international documentary film festival, Copenhague (Danemark) : Sélection
2021 - International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Rotterdam (Pays-Bas) : Sélection
2021 - Incuna Int FIlm Fest - Festival Internacional de Cine sobre Patrimonio Industrial y Paisajes Cultura, Gijón (Espagne) : Sélection
2020 - Doclisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental, Lisbonne (Portugal) : Sélection