It is a story about an old couple and a turtle. The couple, about to divorce, share things they had together. Finally, one turtle they raised is left and they each claim the turtle is not theirs. This is Julio Alves’ first fiction who was invited in Busan last year with a poetic documentary Sacavém about director Pedro Costa. The movies’ simple shots are elegantly arranged, and the closed space of the house is filmed efficiently. The rhythmical montage of Julio Alves’ first fiction, The Art of Dying Far Away dense acting make the audience live together every moment of the movie. It is a bittersweet comedy created by Anna Moreira from Miguel Gomes’s Tabu (2012), the deep humor of the original, Alves’s delicate mise-en-Scène, and the turtle. (SEO Seunghee)