Altinha, from the Brazilian Portuguese: a little higher.
The game was born on the sand of Copacabana and Ipanema, and it needs almost nothing. A ball, bare feet, and the agreement that it must not touch the ground. Sea, sand, football and cariocas. Magia brasileira. This one is North Bondi, Sydney, one more sunset, half a world from Rio. Bodies turn against the light, sculptural for a second, and the shadows go on forever.
In that exact instant nothing matters and everything matters. The ball stops turning, and so does the earth. Children again, playing on the beach, surfing, walking along in front of the sea. One frame. Yesterday's nostalgia, kept for tomorrow.
Altinha, from the Brazilian Portuguese: a little higher.
The game was born on the sand of Copacabana and Ipanema, and it needs almost nothing. A ball, bare feet, and the agreement that it must not touch the ground. Sea, sand, football and cariocas. Magia brasileira. This one is North Bondi, Sydney, one more sunset, half a world from Rio. Bodies turn against the light, sculptural for a second, and the shadows go on forever.
In that exact instant nothing matters and everything matters. The ball stops turning, and so does the earth. Children again, playing on the beach, surfing, walking along in front of the sea. One frame. Yesterday's nostalgia, kept for tomorrow.
