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Rapsódia do Absurdo

2008 · 16 min
8.0 / 10 · TMDB

António, a middle-aged Portuguese poet, finds his manuscripts coming to life, manifesting as absurd scenes from his own verses. He wanders through Lisbon where metaphors become reality: street lamps recite sonnets and fish at the market engage in philosophical debates. As the line between artistry and madness blurs, António must strike a bargain with his own most eccentric character to force the words back onto the page before he dissolves entirely into the chaos of his own imagination.

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Year 2008
Director Cláudia Nunes
Runtime 16 min.
Rating TMDB: 8.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film walks a tightrope between poetic parable and surreal farce, offering an immersion into creative disintegration rather than a conventional plot. The director employs visual metaphor with precision, where each absurd element feels like a crystallized stanza of verse.

What lingers after the credits is a peculiar resonance—an admiration for the mind's playfulness shadowed by unease for those who let their fantasies too near. This is a cinematic palimpsest where echoes of Beckett and Pessoa murmur beneath layers of wit. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Cláudia Nunes

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A mad carnival of meaning in near-empty trams and on old town cobblestones.

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