Director Marta Mateus Wanted to Disrupt the ‘Banal Image of War’ Presented by Mass Media With Her Locarno Player ‘Fogo do Vento’

Brimming with magical thoughts yet precise in its anthropological scope, director Marta Mateus’ first feature, “Fogo do Vento,” asks a lot from cinema. Having taken more than four years to complete, the film does not lack ambition or a sense of concision; it runs barely 70 minutes. Both qualities lend the film a particular intensity […]