[1] The feature film stars two young people in love, Vera and João who run away from home and isolate themselves in a forest, promising never to be separated.

In her words: A boy and a girl, found dead very composed, lying without signs of violence, in the shade of a holm oak tree, in a field in Alentejo.

In her words: I even made music for Frágil como o Mundo, I went with some bubbles, glass and cataplanas to make some sounds that I needed, mixed with violins, and it was very funny because I was alone recording, I would go to Sintra at three in the morning and carry a DATThe sound problems also triggered new dialogue rewrites, in addition to the inclusion of a poem, Menina e Moça, by Bernardim Ribeiro, which led to the invitation to filmmaker Mário Barroso to interpret it as narrator.

[5] In this way, Fragile as the World starts from a premise of a children's fable and Shakespearian tragedy, but takes a modern approach to image and sound.

In fact, something characteristic of the cinema of Rita Azevedo Gomes, the film results from a fusion of imaginary legends and literary references that, in this case, enhance the romantic elements of the work, about impossible love, the perishability of the body, the communion with nature, and the perception of human fragility.

[7][8][6] The film also stands out for the careful composition of the shots, for a lethargy in acting and action, but also for the oneiric simplicity of the scenarios.

In fact, the fog assumes preponderance throughout the work, taking over the image, in an omen that anticipates the fate of the protagonists.

[4] The filmmaker justified the option for the softened black-and-white image as an attempt to unite all the realities, memories, and fantasies evoked throughout the narrative.

In the second half of the film, a flashback to a forest again introduces color to the work, giving the place an enchanted component and suggesting that the scene may result not only from memory, but also from imagination.

Although the sequence is interrupted by black and white, the image resumes coloration when the camera reveals the unrealistic tones of the forest and the specters around the couple.

[9] Frágil como o Mundo was released in Portugal by Atalanta Filmes, having its premiere in July 20, 2001, in the King (Lisbon) and Charlot (Oporto) cinemas.