Private Project

O Corvo

A retelling of the eponymous poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The action takes place in the northeast region of Brazil, witnessing disturbing stories at different times.

  • Lucas Cordeiro
    Director
  • Lucas Cordeiro
    Writer
  • Edgar Allan Poe
    Writer
  • Lucas Cordeiro
    Producer
  • Érico P. SIlva
    Producer
  • Érico P. Silva
    Key Cast
  • Alynne Borges
    Key Cast
  • Saviano Silva
    Key Cast
  • Oreo Freire
    Key Cast
  • Gabriel Cordeiro
    Key Cast
  • Bicha Souza
    Key Cast
  • Íris Matos
    Key Cast
  • Gabriel Sousa
    Key Cast
  • Rita Santos
    Key Cast
  • Andressa Vitória
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    O Corvo
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 58 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital; H264; Mono.
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Lucas Cordeiro

Born in 2003 in the city of Sertânia, Pernambuco, Brazil, currently a film student at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). Independent producer.

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Director Statement

"O Corvo" was an extremely personal project, I wrote the script thinking of merging the classic poetics of Allan Poe with the regional deliriums of my land. With that, I gave up all esotericism and took as inspiration the texts of Freud, Lacan, Augusto dos Anjos and Fernando Pessoa. At first, the idea was to transform the sacred into the profane, but as the project progressed, the objectives changed, and the idea became to print the agony on the canvas. The technical decisions followed the same line, lots of camera in hand, lots of close-ups and a dirty monochrome. The sound is dry and all material has been edited in mono. In short, "O Corvo" is about the agony of living in a sacred land.