Meanwhile (1999)

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Country: Portugal
Genres: Short
Release: 2000-03-10
Director: Miguel Gomes (I)
Writers: Miguel Gomes (I)
Language: N/A
Stars: Gonçalo Félix da Costa , André Delphim , Nuno Oliveira , Mariana Ricardo , Joana Sá
Runtime: 25 min
Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations
AKA: Mientras tanto (Argentina) , Entretanto , Meanwhile , Entretanto (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
Plot: Parents and teachers were absent. However, two boys and a girl form a love trio. Rui, Nuno and Rita cross three spaces and times to be alone: football game, party with pool, beach. Unstable equilibrium, the trio is too close to the triangle. However it is the time of suspension. Of gestures, of communication, of language. Impotence results from the lack of awareness to structure feelings and a language that allows them to communicate. One can only conjecture: Rui loves Rita, Nuno or the game? Nuno loves Rita and is dependent on Rui? Rita, passive owner of the game, will someone love? From her, the axial figure of the trio, we only know that she closes her eyes to take refuge in an ethereal interiority - the clouds are the reality, However it is the interval that suspends them.
IMDB:tt0160249