Michelle Matuck Machado

Ella, a theater worker, is confronted by Rose, her co-worker Brent's girlfriend, who believes Ella and Brent are having an affair and attacks her.

Over the course of her first day of college, a seemingly self-assured 18-year old girl is forced to navigate a new space and a new love.

While shopping at a video store, Vivian runs into her ex-boyfriend Charlie, causing a massive panic attack.

Saudade follows Luiza as she begins to find herself through an unexpected connection with someone else. In seeing parts of herself reflected back through another person, she is forced to confront the memories, grief, and longing she has carried with her, and what it means to move forward without leaving the past behind.