Codes: oil portraits of women always appear in films whenever the woman in the portrait is physically absent in the narrative afterward. The (male) observation of the portrait reflects an emotional pattern: exaggerated loss, transfigured memory, paralysis.
Editing PORTRAIT in short, repetitive units of time allows for the establishment of a series of characters that represent the observer viewing the paintings. Their limited movements make them seem practically frozen, like the portraits themselves. On the sound level, loops of quiet, monotonous electronic sounds correspond to the only material that seems alive: the noise of the film grain.
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