You Burn Me

An adaptation of “Sea Foam”, a chapter from Cesare Pavese’s “Dialoghi con Leucò” published in 1947. The ancient Greek poet Sappho and the nymph Britomartis meet beside the sea and have a conversation about love and death. Sappho is said to have thrown herself into the ocean from lovesickness. Britomartis apparently tumbled off a cliff and into the water while fleeing from a man. Together, the two discuss the stories and images that have emerged around them to try and understand, at least for a moment, the bittersweet nature of desire.

• Matías PiñeiroDirector
• Matías PiñeiroScreenplay

• Agustina MuñozNarrator
• Gabriela SaidónSappho
• María VillarBritomart
• Maria Inês GonçalvesBiology Student
• Ana Cristina BarragánLover
• Michelle YoonApple-Picker
• Katarina BurinCalypso