The legendary Brazilian silent film “Limite” by Mário Peixoto is a masterpiece that has unjustly remained almost unknown. At the tender age of 22, this cineaste and poet decided to make a film that was to be entirely poetic. It resulted in a film, which, while not completely doing without narration, continuously dissolves it.  The name ‘Limite’, in the sense of boundary, is programmatic.  What holds the film together at its core is the continuous reference to a temporal and spatial ‘other’ taking place beyond the linearity the medium requires and beyond the given frame of the camera. Peixoto himself called his film a desperate cry for resonance, rather than understanding.

The live score will be done by Steamboat Switzerland, a band well-known for exploring and occasionally bending limits. The trio comprising Dominik Blum on keys, Marino Pliakas on bass and Lucas Niggli on drums is famous for the virtuoso interpretation of challenging compositions of contemporary music. At Videoex Festival they will prove that they are exceptionally gift improvisers too.