Meanwhile
Short Films and Mid-Lengths
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23m
Directed by Miguel Gomes | 23 mins | 1999
Two decades before "The Tsugua Diaries" (2021), Gomes would make his assured debut with another film that fused summer languor and simmering tensions with expertly deployed pop music cues. The teen love triangle of Meanwhile drifts from rugby training to a pool party to the beach: though they say little, they suffuse the frame with longing.
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