Making of Kassandra - 4 - Tarot cards

Eager to see more making of videos? While we organize the material recorded during the filming and pre-production, follows an appetizer: a test of black-and-white tarot (which was not used).  In the background, diretor Ulisses and producer Roberto Coutinho were talking about one of the locations - an old mad house... (video in portuguese).

Wanna know more about the tarot cards in Kassandra? Go check this post here.

Kassandra's Tarot

One of the main elements in Kassandra is the tarot cards. Actually, the cards are the film’s great mystery: everyday, a new card appears mysteriously inside Kassandra’s apartment. 

Director Ulisses of the Motta Costa says: “The tarot cards have something puzzling in its image. Most of the people do not know its esoteric meaning but they search in it at least a suggestion of some occult meaning to be disclosed. Therefore, they are part of what is hidden in the universe of Kassandra". 

Although the tarot don’t have esoteric function in the narrative, the scriptwriter Roger Monteiro decided to respect the meaning given traditionally to each card, relating it with specific moments of the film and with the character’s state of mind.