O Ofício Da Ilusão (The Art Of Delusion)

Synopsis

The art of delusion is sculpted with images from a family archive from the 70s and 80s and sound clips from films. Madame Bovary is Flaubert's heroine and opens the hosts of this narrative exercise. Based on Ema Paiva's dialogue with her friend and confidant Pedro Lumiares in the film Vale Abraão by Manoel de Oliveira, we understand gender identity as a closed characterization of social values. Ema, who here represents Women in a broader sense, inherits a traditional life in a patriarchal society. Facing this oppression, Ema questions her condition and the society in which she operates. Thanks to the bovarism that integrates in each woman, the force of disobedience will burn the path that was once idealized for them.

Original Title
O OFÍCIO DA ILUSÃO
Director
Cláudia Varejão
Producer
Cláudia Varejão
Script
Cláudia Varejão
Editing
Cláudia Varejão
Sound
Cláudia Varejão
Original Language
English, Portuguese
Subtitles
French, English, Portuguese

Film Statistics

  • 1835 Spectators
  • 25 Festival Selections
  • 38 Exhibitions

Awards and Selections

10.2020
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
06.2021
Festival de Cinema Luso-brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
09.2021
Porto Femme - Festival Internacional de Cinema, Portugal
10.2021
Family Film Project, Portugal
10.2021
VISTACURTA - Festival de Curtas de Viseu, Portugal
11.2021
Films Femmes Méditerranée, France
11.2021
Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
11.2021
Olhares do Mediterrâneo - Cinema no Feminino, Portugal
12.2021
Frames Portuguese Film Festival, Sweden
04.2022
Festival Política, Portugal
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Other Screenings

11.2020
Shortcutz Porto - Novembro
06.2021
This is Short
06.2021
Festival de Cinema Luso-brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira
08.2021
Cineclube de Faro - Agosto
10.2021
Exibição Imprópria - Mostra de cinema de igualdade de género
11.2021
Distribuição Serpentário -Cineplace - Cinema Serra Shopping
03.2022
Extensão Porto Femme - Viseu
03.2022
Extensão Porto Femme - Chle
05.2022
Clermont Auvergne Métropole - La littérature portugaise en courts métrages (Mai)
05.2022
Sessão de Curtas LAVRAR O MAR
05.2022
Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira - Ciclo, A Atração dos Contrários
06.2022
Programa na Embaixada de Portugal em Teerão
07.2022
Noites Brancas do Cinema e Direitos Humanos
10.2022
Short Shorts from Europe - EUNIC
09.2024
Sessão Mutim - Elas Fazem Filmes
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