yearning for Rio...

The Silver Cliff follows a young mother wandering the airport, streets and beaches of Rio de Janeiro after she receives a voicemail from her husband. He has left her and no longer loves her. From her hysterical rush to catch up to him to sitting quietly at the beach 12 hours later she is transformed by the chance encounter with a homeless young girl and her loving father. This is a short film [85 min.] about wounded hearts gently comforting each other by the warm luminous ocean of Copacabana. The affectionate use of the city of Rio brought back wonderful memories of many long walks on the same streets and beaches. A broken heart will heal but sometimes we over-react and it isn't actually broken.