General Information
Completed On: 15 Jun, 2021
Duration: 12 min 30 sec
Genres: Experimental, Fiction, Music Video, Short
Language: Portuguese
Country: Brazil
Submitted By: Armando Lôbo
Festival Rating 8.1
In a parallel world, three mourners sing and mourn the death of a popular culture master. The crying produces a surprising cathartic effect and the deceased gets up in the middle of the wake. He had had a cataleptic crisis.
The Last Day is Armando Lôbo's second opera-film. Freely inspired by a legendary episode involving one of Pernambuco's greatest popular music composers, Levino Ferreira, the micro-opera discusses in a dramatic and acidic way the universe of popular culture, the sense redemption, the carnivalization of death. As an opera-poetry, or audiovisual “poemopera”, The Last Day has a very multifaceted format, combining theater, cinema, poetry, performance, music and artistic dance. The conceptual content of the work also has multiple references: Brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, Sigmund Freud (Totem and Taboo), Mikhail Bakhtin and the great Portuguese poet Antero de Quental.
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DirectorsArmando Lôbo
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ProducersArmando Lôbo
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ScreenplayArmando Lôbo
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MusicArmando Lôbo
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Film TypeExperimental, Fiction, Music Video, Short
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GenresDrama, Musical, Video-opera, Fantastic
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Runtime12 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date15 Jun, 2021
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Production Budget4000 USD
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Country of OriginBrazil
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Country of FilmingBrazil
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Film LanguagePortuguese
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Shooting Format4k
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Aspect Ratio
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Director's Biography
Armando Lôbo is a Brazilian multi-artist, working with music, literature, theatre and several formats of audiovisual. As a composer of classical and popular music he won national and international awards. He has produced several audiovisual works, and composed music for theatre, film, video and tv. In 2020 he released his first film, Penélope 19, combining experimental cinema and the language of contemporary opera. The Last Day is his second film. www.armandolobo.com
Director's Statement
As an opera-poetry, or audiovisual “poemopera”, The Last Day has a very multifaceted format, combining theater, cinema, poetry, performance, music and artistic dance. The conceptual content of the work also has multiple references: Brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, Sigmund Freud (Totem and Taboo), Mikhail Bakhtin and the great Portuguese poet Antero de Quental.
