Cláudia Varejão
Portugal, Switzerland, France | 2020 | 102 min
Languages : Portuguese, Armenian
Subtitles : English, French

Two twin sisters, a master and his dog, lovers who look like each other… All these combinations are possible in the simultaneously poetic and hyper-realistic world of Cláudia Varejão. Here, love comes in all shapes and sizes, orchestrating a choreography of visual resemblances, while also calling into question the concept of the couple in today’s society.
"Amor Fati" — Latin for "embrace your fate" — is the title of Cláudia Varejão’s third feature film, an elegant exploration of pairs in which each being or thing seems to exist only in relation to the other: twin sisters, a rider and his horse, a master and his dog, lovers who appear to form a single entity. In these visually exquisite portraits, Varejão captures not just gestures and relationships, but something far deeper — using cinema as a space that transcends the observation of bodies and their physical similarities. She reveals the ineffable force at work in that synaptic space where connection takes root, a mysterious energy that binds beings together. In doing so, she sketches a portrait of a country in all its social and cultural diversity.

Echoing the Platonic idea that we are but one half of a whole, forever seeking our missing part, Amor Fati quietly and luminously captures those rare moments when two destined halves meet — through friendship, intimacy, or love — and become one.

Aurélien Marsais
Kora, 2024
Wolf and Dog , 2022
Ø Island, 2020
The Art of Delusion, 2020
Amor Fati, 2020
Ama-San, 2016
In the Darkness of the Theater I Take Off my Shoes, 2016
Sowing Time, 2015
Morning Light, 2011
Cold Day, 2009
Weekend, 2007
Wanting, 2004

Screenings and tickets


Thursday 10 April 2025 13:30
Usine à Gaz 1, Nyon
In the presence of the director


Trailer

Photography
Cláudia Varejão
Editing
João BrazCláudia Varejão
Sound
Takashi SugimotoAdriana BolitoCláudia Varejão
Production
João MatosVadim JendreykoJérôme BlessonLa Belle Affaire Productions
Sales contact
Pedro Peraltapedroperalta@terratreme.pt+351212415754

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