Melanie Pereira

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Birthday
Jan 01, 1996 (29 years old)

Melanie Pereira

Known For

The Melusinas at the Edge of the River
1h 22m
Movie 2023

The Melusinas at the Edge of the River

As she goes through hills and rivers looking for Melusina, a mutant and legendary mermaid from the city of Luxembourg, where she grew up, the director talks to four women about their uncertain identities: what it is like to be an immigrant without being one, and to be a Luxembourgish without being one. A journey through memory in rainy weather. A search for ever-fragmented identities. An uncertain attempt at reconciliation. The memory of emigration from a contemporary perspective of a generation with a radically different relation to territories and displacements.

Biography

A film director, her work gravitates around two central themes, Portuguese migrations and women's voices. Her first films, which are part of what she calls the Emigration Cycle, deal with migratory fragments through observations, memories, times and archives. A feminist activist, she also develops several researches and works around cinema and women, especially in the Portuguese context.