Film

FOGO FRIO

Not Portuguese enough. Not Canadian enough. Just ash. A love letter to a cinema that never loved you back.

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0h 10m

2024

“Not Portuguese enough. Not Canadian enough. Just ash. A love letter to a cinema that never loved you back.”

Synopsis

Fogo Frio is a contemplative meditation on Portuguese cinema and identity, framed by critic Justine Peres Smith’s haunting narration. Two landscapes—a Portuguese family home and Quebec’s Laurentian wilderness—merge in a dreamlike exploration of memory and artistic belonging. At its center, Lloyd burns letters in a fire, perhaps including Justine’s own words ("Dear Lloyd... Yours truly, Justine"). Their ambiguous bond mirrors the film’s tension between tradition and reinvention. Born from the director’s resistance to conventional "Portuguese cinema," Fogo Frio becomes a personal reckoning—a collaborative, improvisational work that challenges the solitary auteur myth. Through fire, silence, and stark beauty, it asks: How do we make art on our own terms?

Director

Chico Peres Smith

Cast & Crew

Justine Smith

as Self (Voice)

Lloyd Smith

as Velho Lloyd

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