Amin Brakk it is documentary about the challenge a man, Leopoldo Faria impose upon himself. A climbing in Sagres that took two years to complete and wanted to become a film to be shown at festivals, for this is needed all your help. Come meet the adventurer and his very personal adventure.
A trip through Pakistan where there is an accident is which caused this idea for the film?
Leopoldo Faria: No, the travel to Pakistan was an expedition I made in 2010. In this journey there was an accident where I broke my wrist and took me a long time to recover from this injury, even had no certainty as to my full recovery. The doctor had told me it would not have the same ability, the strange in that hand and later in 2011 when I started climbing again, more calmly, tried to get a challenge that made me surpass myself, it forced me to be better, go further and I discovered Sagres. This escalation could bring me that extra motivation to learn and practice more. It took two years to make it and was only able to achieve it even this year. After that, come the idea of making a video about this adventure and when I spoke with a producer we thought about making a promotional film about the climbing. We have been studying several options, we saw the pictures of Pakistan and found the potential to tell a more complete story, or show people what led me to Sagres and decided to do it to a more general audience, rather than a niche of viewers. There are few adventure stories told in Portugal, at least on this type of modalities. Outside here is a lot, but here there is almost nothing.
The title what does it means?
LF: It's the name of the mountain range where the accident happened. Where begins the history of Pakistan that appears in the film.
During the film you try to focus on the relationship you created with the local population, or not? Since beyond the accident, there was a torrential flood that set you apart from the rest of the group.
LF: The film tries to focus on that part of my personal experience and the adventure. And we want to give expression to all these wraps present in a trip like this. My contact with the local population and culture is one of those aspects.
Have you finished the film? Or intend to turn it into a feature film, which is why you are asking for financial support?
LF: We made a trailer for the film that is being post-produced, to help pay for what remains to be done, that is not little. Besides the time that has been spent on recordings, we still have to make more and produce the film.
The dream was the travel or the film?
LF: When we talked about dreams, as in the trailer, I speak in a vague way, exactly, for anyone to be able to identify, because we all have desires and needs. Dreams do not have to try to be something concrete, are achievements that we want to reach. The film is about a specific climbing, but the crux is not it, is rather the set of emotions that triggers.
What is your next wish, in addition to this movie?
LF: First finish it. In terms of climbing there is still much to do. Many sites I want to visit, travels I wish to do. I have nothing as strong as I had these two years because of the stay in Sagres. It was very painful and now I hope to do something that won't take so long. But of course, I still have dreams.
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