Tsugua Diaries
My favorite movie of this year’s [Toronto IFF] festival. Unexpectedly moving. I can’t wait to see it again.
-- Manohla Dargis, New York Times
The Tsugua Diaries
Three close friends, Crista, Carloto and João – along with an entire film crew – become the protagonists of a cinematic experiment shot during the lockdown. The film unfolds from end to beginning and continues a career-long fascination for director Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights) with the act of filmmaking.
This time he teams up with his wife and creative partner, filmmaker Maureen Fazendeiro, for a sun-soaked meta-textual celebration of the creative process and a hazy meditation on the lockdown blues. Shot in sumptuous 16mm, the film is one of the most playful cinematic creations of the pandemic, for which personal restrictions provided a source of inspiration and pure joy in the creative process.
"Perhaps the oddest, certainly the most playful product of lockdown cinema." —Jonathan Romney, Screen International
"Thoughtful and profound.” —Robert Koehler, Cinema-scope.com
“A celebration of community that is heartfelt and poignant.” —Giovanni Marchini Camia, BFI Sight & Sound
This time he teams up with his wife and creative partner, filmmaker Maureen Fazendeiro, for a sun-soaked meta-textual celebration of the creative process and a hazy meditation on the lockdown blues. Shot in sumptuous 16mm, the film is one of the most playful cinematic creations of the pandemic, for which personal restrictions provided a source of inspiration and pure joy in the creative process.
"Perhaps the oddest, certainly the most playful product of lockdown cinema." —Jonathan Romney, Screen International
"Thoughtful and profound.” —Robert Koehler, Cinema-scope.com
“A celebration of community that is heartfelt and poignant.” —Giovanni Marchini Camia, BFI Sight & Sound
Genre
Drama
Runtime
102
Language
Portuguese,
Romanian
Director
Maureen Fazendeiro,
Miguel Gomes
Writer(s)
Maureen Fazendeiro,
Miguel Gomes,
Mariana Ricardo
Cast
Crista Alfaiate,
Carloto Cotta,
João Nunes Monteiro
FEATURED REVIEW
Beandrea July, New York Times
The Tsugua in “The Tsugua Diaries” is the month of August spelled backward. And for good reason: The co-directors Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes tell the film’s story in reverse chronological order starting on Day 21. But instead of presenting a stream of reverse motion shots — think ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 6.03.22 - 6.09.22
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