Portuguese Lullaby (Португальская колыбельная, 2009) by Yelizaveta Skvortsova

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Portuguese Lullaby
Португальская колыбельная
Portugalskaya kolybelnaya (ru)
Canção de embalar portuguesa (pt)

Year 2009
Director(s) Skvortsova Yelizaveta
Studio(s) MetronomeFilms
Language(s) Portuguese
Genre(s) Domestic life
Musical/Opera
Romance
Serious
Surrealism/dream-logic
Animation Type(s)  Digital 2D
Length 00:03:06
Wordiness 4.83
Animator.ru profile Ru, En
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Description:

A lullaby from Portugal about a girl who sees her fisherman father go out to sea every day. Sung by Cristina Branco.

The lullaby is Canção De Embalar by José Afonso. The final (fourth) verse is not included in the film.

Award:
2010 - Russia, Suzdal - Open Russian Festival for Animated Film - Best Episode of a Series

 

DISCUSSION



1.Admin

After a very long time, I've finally translated another one of the lullabies from the "Lullabies of the World" series. This is the 23rd on the site, out of a total of 60 (the full list can be found here). Not all of them are as good, but this one is lovely. It speaks, entirely in visual language, of the little girl's worries about the future - in her dream, she casts off in her own boat (leaving home to start her own family), only for it to end in disaster. And when she tries to come back to her old home, there is no longer one to return to.

The lyrics are not really necessary for understanding the film, but they complement it and don't hurt, either. I've done my best to translate the song well, although I understand only a little bit of Portuguese.


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