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Rosana Botafogo

**English** What do you dream about when you're 16 and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A teenage pact for the rest of your life? Going on adventures on a boat or motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream about death. Because you can't risk more than dying. A film about male same-sex relationships in adolescence always has an impact on me and leaves me very thoughtful and sad, as I have two friends who lived through this moment in different but equally turbulent ways… Partly based on a children's novel (it was one of the precursors of the style)… "do you think we invent the people we love?" and that's exactly how one of these friends falls in love, creating perfect men in their imperfection... A beautiful and moving film... **Portuguese** Filme sobre relacionamento homoafetivo masculino na adolescência sempre me causa um impacto e me deixa muito pensativa e pesarosa, pois tenho dois amigos que viveram esse momento de forma distintas, porém igualmente conturbadas… Parcialmente baseado num romance infantojuvenil (foi um dos percursores no estilo)… "você acha que inventamos as pessoas que amamos?" e é exatamente assim que um desses amigos se apaixona, criando homens perfeitos na sua imperfeição… Filme lindo e emocionante...