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Undertow Eyes

SYNOPSIS

Short film | 20’ | Color | 35mm/DCP | Brazil | 2009

Vera and Gabriel have been married for sixty years. In Undertow Eyes, they reflect on their shared life: early flirtations, the birth of their children, the passage of time, and the experience of aging. As memories unfold, home movies blur into present-day footage, weaving a tender, dreamlike universe. Through impressions and intimate recollections, the film evokes a personal and existential diary — a meditation on love, time, and death.

CREDITS

Written, directed, and produced by Petra Costa

Cinematography Eryk Rocha

Editing Ava Rocha

Sound design and recording Edson Secco

Cast Gabriel Andrade and Vera Andrade

  • Olhos de Ressaca, Petra Costa, 2009

    “An intimate diary of emotions still alive, not just remembered. There is no nostalgia, no grand gestures.”

    Miguel Pereira, Vivência Cultura

  • Olhos de Ressaca, Petra Costa, 2009

    “A delicate mosaic of how different subjectivities can intertwine without the traditional castrations of the institution we call marriage.”

    Rodrigo Fonseca, O Globo

  • Olhos de Ressaca, Petra Costa, 2009

    “Costa has managed to convince us of the almost supernatural power of this couple — a pair that now lives not only in this work of art, but in many others, as an eternal symbol.”

    Sean McPherson, The Archetypal Figure of the Couple (2011)

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

2009

Best Short – Festival do Rio

Best Film – Goiânia Short Film Festival

Best Editing – Vitória Film Festival

Best Screenplay – Itu International Film Festival

Special Jury Prize – Gramado Film Festival

Best Short – Student Jury – Gramado Film Festival

Audience Top 10 – São Paulo International Short Film Festival

Espaço Unibanco Acquisition Award – São Paulo International Short Film Festival

SescTV Award for Emerging Directors – São Paulo International Short Film Festival

ASCINE-RJ Award – Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival

2010

Best 35mm Short Documentary – Curta Cabo Frio

Best Short – NEFIAC – New England Festival of Ibero-American Cinema

Official Selection – House of World Cultures, Première Brasil, Berlin

Official Selection – MoMA, Première Brasil, New York

Best Short Documentary – 13th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

2011

Best Short – London International Documentary Festival

Official Selection – Cinequest Film Festival 20

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Press

  • Sophia Beal, Veredas

    A intimidade das pessoas idosas no documentário Olhos de Ressaca, de Petra Costa

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  • Renata Masini Hein, Eliany Salvatierra Machado, Lúcia Monteiro, Maurício de Bragança

    Sinto o coração na memória: um ensaio sobre o curta-metragem Olhos de Ressaca, de Petra Costa

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  • Karine do Prado, Diário de um Delírio

    Resenha Crítica de Olhos de Ressaca

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  • José Lira, Vitruvius

    A fala intimista de Petra Costa - Sobre o estranho-familiar que nos ronda e nos aterroriza

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  • Luciana Helena Mussi, Portal do Envelhecimento

    Lembranças de uma vida…

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