Essay Film Festival presents: Correspondências (2016)
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Correspondências (Correspondences)
Portugal · 2016 · DIGITAL · Color · 145' · o.v. Portuguese/Spanish/French/English/Italian/Greek/Russian
Jorge de Sena was forced to leave his country. First he moved to Brazil, and later to the USA. He never returned to Portugal. During his 20-year-long exile, he kept an epistolary correspondence with Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. These letters are a testimony of the profound friendship between the two poets, letters of longing and of desire to 'fill years of distance with hours of conversation'聺. Through excerpts and verses, a dialog is established, revealing their divergent opinions but mostly their strong bond, and their efforts to preserve it until their last breaths.
(https://pardo.ch/pardo/program/film.html?fid=859843&eid=69)
This special event expands on the films' focus on the exchanges between Jorge de Sena and Sophia de Mello Breyner by reflecting on their writing and inviting and to read a selection of poems by the two poets.
We are also excited to welcome who will be in converdation with .
This event is organised with the support of Camões Institute and CILAVS.
Contact name: Matthew Barrington
Contact phone: 020 7631 6115
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