Atmosferas melancólicas e nostálgicas

nuvens e brumas de saudade em "Tabu", de Miguel Gomes

Abstract

This article seeks to investigate the feature film Tabu (2012), directed by the Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes. The aim is not to conduct a conventional film analysis, but rather to approach the work from a cultural perspective, drawing on concepts and theories that address issues related to memory, nostalgia, and melancholy. The discussion also considers how these elements construct an emotional landscape grounded in a romanticized and mythical ideal of colonial memories. Furthermore, we reflect on the flexible nature of nostalgia and melancholy, and on how this “journey” through multiple temporalities produces a kind of parallel, imagined universe—one populated by signs and symbols that evoke the affective dimension of saudade.