Breakwater
Alternative title: Quebramar

Directed by Cris Lyra

A group of friends from São Paulo go on a trip to a remote beach. While they wait for the new year's eve, they build a safe and pleasant environment through music and friendship.
Thirty minutes of friends swimming, talking, cutting hair and making music might sound almost plotless, and that is exactly where Breakwater finds its value. Cris Lyra’s short film creates a temporary lesbian space where bodies are not being judged and conversation can move freely between fear, desire and politics. It feels less like a story being imposed than a community allowing us to spend time with them.

Breakwater

Alternative title: Quebramar

Directed by Cris Lyra

A group of friends from São Paulo go on a trip to a remote beach. While they wait for the new year's eve, they build a safe and pleasant environment through music and friendship.

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Thirty minutes of friends swimming, talking, cutting hair and making music might sound almost plotless, and that is exactly where Breakwater finds its value. Cris Lyra’s short film creates a temporary lesbian space where bodies are not being judged and conversation can move freely between fear, desire and politics. It feels less like a story being imposed than a community allowing us to spend time with them.