Project Detail

As Cinzas De Deus (Ashes of God)

Synopsis

As Cinzas de Deus is a visual poem in a universe of realities.
 
Set in the ruins of an abandoned, once grandiose 19th century city, the film follows a woman, Helo, entering a world of memory and feeling, where characters - perhaps ‘trapped souls’ - are living and re-living moments from an unspecified past.
 
Helo penetrates their dream-like reality, visions of her own subconscious, absorbs them, challenges them, releases them. Their memory bank gradually erased, they disappear into the ether. 
 
In a climactic finale she confronts her own personal nemesis. She survives the life-and-death confrontation, and, left behind, she dances alone, immersed in dust and eternity.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Features
Running time
73 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Andre Semenza
Producer
Andre Semenza
Editor
Symon Sykes
Director of Photography
Marcus Waterloo
Sound
Tom Sayers, Brendan Nicholson
Principal cast
Tuca Pinheiro, Heloise Domingues, Ricardo De Paula, Jacqueline Gimenez, Marisi Diniz
Screenwriter/Choreographer
Fernanda Lippi
Sound Mix
Kid Loco

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Maverick Motion Ltd

46 Highlever Road
London
UK

Sales Company

Europe Images

1 Rond-Point Victor Hugo
F- 92137 Issy-Les-Moulineaux
Paris
FRANCE

T +33 1 55 95 58 00

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