Mónica Lima's film had its world premiere in the Ammodo Tiger competition at the Rotterdam Film Festival, where she received the main prize, shared with two other films. For the second year in a row, the award is given to Portugal.
The film 'Human Nature', by Mónica Lima, had its world premiere in the Ammodo Tiger Competition at the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), which has been running since 25 January, and in the scope of which yesterday she brought home the main prize, shared ex aequo with two other films.
The award was given to Portugal for the second year in a row. In 2022, it was Pedro Neves who won the Ammodo Tiger competition, with the film 'Becoming a Man in the Middle Ages' (Portugal, FIC 22′).
“Mónica Lima’s tender narrative establishes a context in the global Covid-19 lockdowns, zooming in on a couple whose difficult feelings are sown among the stillness of their sun-dappled apartment and garden. A soft-touch approach allows for Alba and Xavier’s relationship to be telegraphed over the course of several days, punctuated by encounters with a rogue peacock, a barking dog, several neighbours and, most importantly, their children. Natureza Humana brilliantly depicts the uncertainty of the global lockdowns – and the inevitability of life moving on despite them – creating an elegantly simple but effective chamber drama between its two protagonists and the animals and humans that surround them.” - The jury on Natureza Humana.
'Human Nature' (Portugal/ Germany, FIC 25′), directed by Mónica Lima, takes off from a flat in a confined city, to expand one day between the beginning of spring and the end of summer, on a couple's life of mismatches. The film is produced by Uma Pedra no Sapato, in co-production with DFFB and New Matter Films.
The last screening in Rotterdam takes place tomorrow, 31 January, at 12.45 pm.
