When filmmaker Charlie Reader (last seen on Dn here) was approached by funding and distribution company Trust to make a short film exploring final moments or new beginnings he knew exactly what story to tell. Lobo (Wolf), delicately adapted from his own experience with his wife’s battle with visa bureaucracy, explores identity, rediscovery of one’s self and the ever present fact that life has to adapt and move on. Through a heartbreaking narrative focussed around family tensions amid a worrying drought and the ailing health of her beloved dog, we follow a young woman forced to return to her homeland in Brazil and her struggle to adapt back into a life she had left behind. Lobo, led by an engrossing performance from Elaine Fernandes and an astute use of natural lighting and camerawork, immerses us in her journey of loss and acceptance of finding belonging in the roots of family and home.
- 8/1/2023
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
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