Madrigal for a Living Poet

The idea appeared in 2014 out of curiosity around the “writer-undertaker” - as it was reported on the news – due to the exotic carácter of his dual life.

The writer Francisco “Tico” Pinto worked as grave-digger for a few years when we started to dig deeper into his world. Upon encountering with the beauty of his ideas and the quality of his literature – including 2 published books, "Elas, Etc" and "As Núpcias do Escorpião" – we realized that a new friendship had just begun. “Madrigal for a Living Poet” is a film made amongst friends, in which the character participates in the act of creation. We share the transgressing, libertarian spirit of subversion against what is imposed on us. The complexity of his character couldn’t fit into a film, that’s why we took an experimental approach that could portray his essence.

Starting from the friendship between two undertakers, we came up with a film about the beauty and the violence of encounters. The encounter comes form the visceral critic we are trying to make: an intense account, unexpected, painful and unwarranted, just like Tico or maybe as life and death. Nevertheless, "Madrigal for a Living Poet" also leaves us with a last breath of hope of freedom.