You Burn Me

An adaptation of “Sea Foam”, a chapter from Cesare Pavese’s “Dialoghi con Leucò” published in 1947. The ancient Greek poet Sappho and the nymph Britomartis meet beside the sea and have a conversation about love and death. Sappho is said to have thrown herself into the ocean from lovesickness. Britomartis apparently tumbled off a cliff and into the water while fleeing from a man. Together, the two discuss the stories and images that have emerged around them to try and understand, at least for a moment, the bittersweet nature of desire.

Cast

Agustina Muñoz

Narrator

Gabriela Saidón

Sappho

María Villar

Britomart

Maria Inês Gonçalves

Biology Student

Ana Cristina Barragán

Lover

Michelle Yoon

Apple-Picker

Katarina Burin

Calypso