SAUDADE ROUSSEAU V TS

Artist: Jean-Claude Rousseau
Country: France
Year: 2012
Duration: 15 min
Format: video

Chora con gran soèdade
Este mens olhos cativo
— Cantigas de Santa Maria, XIIIth century

“My eyes are imprisoned/ Weeping with great longing”. Soèdade (saudade) — “longing” or “yearning” — is a Portuguese word that does not have a precise translation in English. It has been described as a “…vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist…”

DVD Source: DVD5 / NO REGION
DVD Format: PAL
DVD Audio: Stereo
Program: MACTHERIPPER
Menus: Untouched
Video: Untouched
Audio: Untouched
DVD extras: NO EXTRA

Thanks to LAZSLO@kg for made available such a wonderful short.