A film born from encounter and practice, it all began when Sofia, living in Spain, shared with me over a shaky video call:
“I had lung metastasis. I just overcame it.”
From that moment, I knew the film had to exist.
With a camera, a notebook, and urgency, I traveled to Madrid. We spent three days by a river, in trust and conversation. The script dissolved into body, breath, and silence.
Later, writer Maria Isabel Iório suggested Sofia should speak to the tumor. It was brutal and beautiful. And that text reshaped the film. We filmed again. We waited. We edited with space for memory and fragility.
What emerged is not only a film about illness, but about persistence, art as transformation, and the dream as cure.
With: Sofia Romero
Director: Pedro Perdigão
Screenplay: Maria Isabel Iório
Edit: Luca Narracci, edt.
Original Soundtrack: Lucas de Paiva
Color Grading and Graphics: flip
Production Assistant: Julia Flores
Pedro Perdigão lives – even when he isn’t – in Rio de Janeiro. Passionate about observing and understanding different perspectives and behaviors, he uses daily moments for such purposes. He has been a magazine editor, creative director for brands, and collaborated with various artists across multiple mediums. Throughout this journey, he realized an obsession with constructing atmospheres through images, whether in photography or films. His practice aims to melt the surroundings to become both the space and the narrative. In recent years, he has been dedicated to investigating Brazilian myths and creating films and publications based on his discoveries.
