Strange places take shape in a torch’s beam of light and the sound of water droplets hitting the ground punctuates our footsteps. In the distance, we hear muffled music, where does it come from?
In reference to Dürer's "Great Piece of Turf", the film unites contradictions between analogue/digital, natural/artificial and attempts to create a physical experience of nature in a cinema space.
Portraying the personal experience of a fatal loss, it leads us on a journey through phantasmagoric realms, oscillating between shadow and light, past and present, sorrow and solace.
A young, gifted Vincent and his father Tomas run the finest glass workshop in the country. They find their lives upended by an approaching war in which they want no part. The arrival of an army colonel and his young, aspiring violinist daughter Alliz, puts the father-son relationship to the test. As Vincent and Alliz fall in love, they must find courage to confront their fathers.
Joanna, a young European traveller, roams around the Cape Verde Islands with her sketchbook. On her journey she encounters Lito, a local fisherman, who will encourage her to delay her departure.
