Verão Saturno
Summer Saturn

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2017 runtime 30'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR original-language Portuguese subtitles English, German
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR original-language Portuguese subtitles English, German

Shortly before his 35th birthday and in the light of having to give up his music, Samuel comes to Lisbon to do a concert. He stays over at Teresa’s, his girlfriend's attractive mother who is resisting to get old. During three days they create a silent intimacy, feeling time overcome them without knowing where to go.

director Mónica Lima Cast Jaime Freitas, Rita Loureiro Original Score Filipe Felizardo Pacheco Editing Gonçalo Branco, Mónica Lima Script Gonçalo Branco, Mónica Lima DOP David Wilhelm Schmitt Production Luise Hauschild Sound Design Bernardo Theriaga film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
2017 Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Portugal
2017 Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
Production
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Distribution
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Sales
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
School
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Friedrich-Krause-Ufer 19
  • 13353 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de

Mónica Lima

Born in Lisbon, she is a writer-director living between Lisbon and Berlin. She graduated in directing from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). Her short films have been shown at various international film festivals and she is now preparing her first feature film.

Filmography
2013 O silêncio entre duas canções
2015 Viktoria
2017 Verão Saturno
2023 Natureza Humana