The Illusion

Synopsis

Susana Barriga’s documentary, the illusion, begins with violence. A long shot reveals a man standing on a street corner, his features indiscernible in the night. He moves out of the camera’s line of vision, but the filmmaker, persistent, moves with him as the jostling of the camera marks her steps. As we learn moments later, the man in the distance is Susana’s father – and this is the clearest image of him we will have. Suddenly, an angry British man demands that Susana cease filming. Susana protests in heavily accented English, “He is my father!” Glimpses of a man’s torso are followed by blurred images as the camera spins rapidly over surfaces. The image cuts to black. A new male voice asks in carefully spaced out words if Susana would like him to call the police. When she doesn’t respond immediately, he speaks louder, as though volume would compensate for the language difference. She gives her name; she refuses the offer of an ambulance.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Susana Barriga
Production	Executive Producer	André Leão Lloyd Peters
	Production Manager	Susana Barriga Caterina Da Vià
Editing	Editor	Susana Barriga Fabio Meira
Sound	Sound Mixer	Valeria López Mancheva Rubén Valdes Nicolás Tsabertidis Eduardo Cáceres
Crew	Cinematography	Fabio Meira Susana Barriga
	Thanks	Tansy Huws
Writing	Writer	Susana Barriga Fabio Meira
Department	Role	Name

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