Restinga - Phosphenus (or terminalia-catappa.mp4)

1999: A young man named Carlos Davere is admitted to a psychiatric clinic in Brazil for claiming to be in love with a dry leaf. 2007: A group of scientists, psychoanalysts, and biologists from the state of Minas Gerais create a study group to research the existence of consciousness in plant life forms. My great-uncle, Maurício Pedrosa, was the research coordinator. 2014: One of the country's biggest newspapers denounces the use of public funds to finance a group of 'plant shrinks'. The article accuses the scientists involved of charlatanism, insinuating that the research is actually a front for corruption schemes. In the face of the great commotion caused by the report, the program is cancelled. 2025: A few months after the death of my great-uncle, I stumble upon an external hard drive with an adhesive tape where the word 'Comunicações' can be read. There were only two folders inside. The first, titled 'X', contains hundreds of empty videos, just a black screen with no image or sound. The second, titled 'Êxito', contains the video that you are about to see. The name of the file is terminalia-catappa.mp4.