Spread Through The Air

Espalhadas Pero Ar

Vera Egito

Brazil, 2007, 15 min.
Fiction film

Director: Vera Egito
Script: Vera Egito, Carolina Ziskind
Cinematographer: Júlio Taubkin

On the back staircase of a residential building, girls smoke hiding from their parents. They take off their clothes to prevent being denounced by the smell of smoke.

CORA is 30 years old. She lives in the same building as the girls, and is stuck in an unhappy marriage.
The woman catches the girls smoking. From then on, she begins her path towards freedom.

Awards

• Best Cinematography at ABC Prize, 2008 (Brazil)
• Best Short, Best Director and Best Actress at the II Festival de Cinema e Vídeo de Santa Cruz das Palmeiras (Brazil)
• Best Fiction Short at CINESUL — 2008 (Brazil)
• Best Actress (Ana Carolina and Renata Torralba) at 1st Paulínia Festival, 2008 (Brazil)

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