The Slow Mirror (O Espelho Lento)
| Original Title | O ESPELHO LENTO
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| Duration | 25 mins
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| Language | Portuguese and some English
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| Screenplay | Richard Zimler & Solveig Nordlund. Based on a short story by Richard Zimler with the title The Slow Mirror.
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| Director | Solveig Nordlund
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| Producer | Ambar Filmes/Sloveig Nordlund, Portugal
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| Director of Cinematography | Acacio de Almeida
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| Cast | Gracinda Nave, Marta Peneda, Richard Zimler, Xana Abreu, Rui Morisson, Joana Bárcia, Custódia Gaiego.
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Story:
The Slow Mirror is about a teacher from Lisbon called Carla and her teenage daughter who is gravely ill. One day on a visit to Barcelona Carla discovers an unusual mirror in an antique shop. Instead of returning the images right away this mirror retains them for four hours or longer. It's a slow mirror.
Carla brings the mirror back to her daughter as a present. It changes their lives in mysterious and poignant ways. The mirror becomes their porthole to the past. Metaphorically speaking it represents the time it often takes us to come to terms with difficult and dramatic events.