狼与狗

剧情简介：OnherfirsttriptoSãoMiguel,CláudiaVarejãovisitedseveralfishingvillages,realisingthat“therewasahugeLGBTQIA+community”.It’sacommunityinthesensethatthereisaconsiderablenumberofqueerindividualsontheisland,but,accordingthedirector,“Theydon’tcommunicatewitheachother;theydon’tknoweachother.Theyareisolatedintheirownisolation.ItwassoastonishingtomethatIjustwroteamovie.”(Thearticlecontinuesbelow-Commercialinformation)sofia_meetings_internalSincethen,Varejãohasvisitedtheislandonaregularbasisandisnowlivingthere(forthetimebeing).Oneofthebiggestfactorsthatledhertopursuethisprojectwasherunderstandingof“howharditwastolivewithyourowndifferenceinacontextthatissoclosedinonitself”.Itisaplacewithdeepeconomicissues,“wheretheideaofleaving[…]isjustnotlikely”.Thesenseofurgencytocreatethisfilmbecameeverclearerwhenthedirectorstartedthecastingprocesswithlocalslastyear.“PeoplewouldcomewithsuchinhumaneandviolentstoriesthatIjust...Ican’tevenretellthem.”Allofthestoriesthatsheheardfromthepeopleshemetduringthistimewereaninevitableinfluenceonthewritingofthescriptforthisfictionfilm,whichwascarriedoutincollaborationwithLedaCartum.Asinhermostrecentwork,thedirectorwillcollaboratewithnon-professionalactors(inthiscase,locals).Thenarrativewillcentreonagroupoffriends,composedofqueerindividualswhoareontheirlasthigh-schoolsummervacation,rightbeforeleaving–ornot–togotouniversityandtothecontinent.Thisisawell-known,crucialmomentoftransition,andconstitutesoneofthemaintopicsofthefilm.“ThephraseWolfandDogitselfisanexpressionthattellsusalotaboutit:it’ssomething[…]teeteringbetweenapetandawildanimal.It’salsoconnectedwithtwilight:themomentdayturnsintonightandviceversa.Allofthisgradationthatexistsinbetweenpolarisation(ineverypossiblewayandform)iswhatthisfilmattemptstoportray.”