Alicia Abe

Short film produced by students of the Academia Internacional de Cinema SP, in the first semester of the Filmworks course.

The video comprises body exploration with red light and slow motion to convey to the viewer the idea of strength, power, fear and the concept of the underworld. Using electronic music, upside-down plans and timed cuts, I wanted to convey a self-image of surreality and non-conformity with reality. The title, “Hades”, makes explicit reference to the God of Death and the Underworld in Greek mythology, and serves as a guide for the planned sensations of agony, pleasure, revelation and space-time detachment. This is how I see myself, this is how I think I should be.

After a severe nervous crisis, a young poet from the outskirts of São Paulo decides to raise his own voice.