FIRE OF WIND, by Marta Mateus
Portugal, Switzerland, France | 2024 | 72' | 4K | Color
The vine has borne fruit, and it's harvest time. Soraia, a young girl, cuts herself. Blood mixes with wine. A black bull is on the loose. Up in the oak trees, time swells, and a community takes shelter. They share bread and wine, memories and dreams, the history of a landscape and of a struggle. We enter a long night, where nature also speaks. The fiery wind that brings the heatwave, it's burning.
With Soraia Prudêncio, Maria Catarina Sapata, Safir Eizner, José Moura, Maria Clara Madeira, Margarida Cabaço, Jorge "Tati" Maltinha, Jaime Fortio, João Prudêncio, Tânia Ramos, José Códices, Miguel Aldeaga, Manuel Geadas "Coimbra", Antónia Paulos, Eliel Santos, Rui Serrano, João Neves, Vera Garcia, Maria João Onofre, Tina Campos, Maria João Silveira, André Campanha, Maria Monteiro, Telma Monteiro, Lídia Barrela, Rui Moreira, Nelson Idalécio Cigano
Written and Directed by Marta Mateus
Image Marta Mateus, Vítor Carvalho
Editing Marta Mateus, Claire Atherton
Sound and Mixing Hugo Leitão
Sound Editor Elsa Ferreira
Grading Gonçalo Ferreira
Director of Production Joana Ramos
Producers Marta Mateus, Pedro Costa / Clarão Companhia
Co-Producers Fabrice Aragno / Casa Azul Films; Richard Copans /Les Films d'Ici
Supports ICA - Apoio à Escrita e Desenvolvimento de Obras Cinematográficas, Casa de Velázquez — Académie de France à Paris, RTP, RTS, Cinéforom, Câmara Municipal de Estremoz, Valentim de Carvalho Estúdios, Monte dos Cabaços, Optec Filmes
FESTIVALS — SELECTIONS
[2024] Locarno Film Festival — Concorso Internazionale — World Première [Switzerland]
[2024] New York Film Festival [USA]