A nossa necessidade de consolo

André Santos, Marco Leão

IndieLisboa 2009 • Cinema emergente, National Competition

Portugal, Documentary, 2008, 13′

Time rushes by us. It rushes like the clouds in the sky that are swept and left drifting by the wind. As it passes we live and feel its passage. A brief reflection about time and life seen through two moments of our mother’s lives.

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