Rómulo's quiet routine in Rio de Janeiro changes overnight when an accident starts a wave of absurd events. Far from there, Orlando, his twin brother and rare works dealer tries to buy the book of a Brazilian student with financial problems. The twins' lives will be on a collision course with the arrival of a mysterious manuscript.
Life Lasts Two Days
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“a metaphysical and funny serial, plays with narrative conventions and doubles in the manner of Gombrowicz to invent an ad hoc universe.”
“a metaphysical and funny serial, plays with narrative conventions and doubles in the manner of Gombrowicz to invent an ad hoc universe.”
Leonardo Mouramateus
Biography
(Fortaleza, 1991) Master in Multimedia Art by the University of Lisbon, he graduated in Cinema and Audiovisual at the Federal University of Ceará, maintaining permanent contact with the performing arts and dance dramaturgy. He wrote and directed films shown at several festivals such as Locarno, Viennale, IDFA, Cinéma du Réel and Bafici. Retrospectives of his filmography were presented in Portugal, France, Colombia, and more recently at the IFFRotterdam. “Life lasts two days”, his second feature film, received an honorable mention of the international competition jury at the FIDMarseille.
Filmography
- [2022] A Vida São Dois Dias / Life Lasts Two Days
- [2021] Meio Ano-Luz / Half a Light-Year (short)
- [2020] A Chuva Acalanta a Dor / Rain Hums a Lullaby to Pain (short)
- [2017] António Um Dois Três / António One Two Three
- [2017] Vando Vulgo Vedita / Vando aka Vedita (short)
- [2015] História de uma Pena / Story of a Feather (short)
- [2015] A Festa e os Cães / The Party and the Barking (short)
- [2014] O Completo Estranho / Two in the Shadow (short)
- [2014] A Era de Ouro / The Golden Era (short)
- [2013] Lição de Esqui / Ski Lessons (short)
- [2012] Mauro em Caiena / Mauro in Cayenne (short)
- [2012] Charizard (short)
- [2011] Europa (short)
- [2010] Fui à Guerra e não te Chamei (short)
