Created as a companion piece to Sophia Pega’s art exhibition Vasto in Barcelona, this short film, directed and produced by Daniel Guix, transforms the ethereal quality of her paintings into a more grounded, yet equally poetic, atmosphere. Inspired by excerpts from Sophia’s personal diary, the video explores the fragile tension between two lovers, suspended at the cusp of separation, titled The Beginning of the End of Love (the name of her exhibition).
Through a carefully adapted voice-over, her lyrical reflections on heartbreak and desire guide the emotional landscape of the piece. The intimacy between the characters is portrayed through restrained gestures, prolonged silences, and a stillness charged with unspoken tension.
This “beginning of the end” is a painfully quiet shift, the moment you realize the other person no longer loves you the way they once did. Something is broken, but it remains unspoken. You avoid naming it, even thinking of it, because acknowledging the fracture feels like encouraging its growth, as if by recognizing the end, you start allowing it.
We aimed to remain as analogical and tactile as possible in our approach, which is why the film was shot on 35mm. Elements of the set design, such as the books, utensils, and spoons, were drawn directly from Sophia’s own daily life, grounding the piece in the personal and real.
The film evokes a sense of cold closeness, where love still lingers but is slipping away. It is both a visual and philosophical essay on love’s dissolution, shaped by dreamlike imagery, fragile compositions, and the quiet collapse of connection. The final image, a trembling tower of cups, was the first photograph Sophia took as inspiration for her exhibition and is also represented in her painting. It symbolizes the beauty and irreversibility of love undone.