Miguel Hurst

Two Angola, the colonial and the contemporary, spaced 60 years, share the curse of a mysterious island. In the past, the epicenter of the tragedy is an evil fortress, tomb of revolutionaries deported from the mainland. In the present, the building of a luxurious resort awakens the relentless jaw of justice. Soon after, workmen lacerated dead bodies, begin to appear. The horror spreads rapidly. Pedro Mbala is sent to the island to solve the problem. His target is a pack of stray dogs.

In 1961 the liberation struggles start in Angola against the portuguese colonial power. The African students in Portugal fear for their safety and plan to flee outside the country. With the help of Theology students, French and North-American pastors, the operation code name "Angola" fled over 100 african students abroad towards freedom, amongst them several future leaders of african countries.

In the 17th century a warrior woman fights for the independence of Angola. After witnessing the murder of her son and watching her people being humiliated by Portuguese colonizers, Njinga will become a Queen and struggle for their liberation embodying the motto: those who stay fight to win.

A 20-year veteran of the Angolan civil war returns to the capital city of Luanda where he faces the challenges of assimilation and survival.

En Brasil, a Sor Sarah la ingresan en urgencias debido a unos extraños dolores. Atendida en la misión en que el padre Joachim ejerce de médico, el sacerdote muy pronto sospecha que la joven guarda algún secreto de su enigmático pasado. Decide entonces investigar su vida y descubre que Sarah tiene una hermana gemela, llamada Gaëlle, que se encuentra en Francia cumpliendo condena por haber cometido el más terrible de todos los crímenes. Como él también sufre remordimientos por su procopio pasado, decide trasladarser a París para seguir investigando y su curiosidad se convierte en obsesión. Haciendo caso omiso de sus principios y de las limitaciones que le impone su función sacerdotal, intenta por todos los medios descifrar el misterioso vínculo que une a las dos hermanas. Lo que no sospecha es que la verdad va a cambiar su vida para siempre.

In order to make some much-needed cash for himself, 65-year-old Portuguese prison inmate Eugenio impersonates a young woman and begins a romantic correspondence with a lonely Portuguese truck-driver living in Boston, convincing him that her tragic life has culminated in financial dire straits so he will send money. At first Eugenio's sister Idalina assists him in creating the character of Maria da Luz. Touched by her sweetness and apparent loving nature, the trucker willingly sends her money. When Idalina starts fearing they will be caught, she backs out of her arrangement with Eugenio who then convinces his young cellmate Vasco to help write the letters and even sends a picture of himself at age seven to "prove" that Maria has a young son. As prison life exacts an increasingly heavy toll upon Eugenio's health, his feminine alter-ego helps sustain him.

Brasil, marzo de 1990. El plan económico del gobierno brasileño de Collor empuja al país al caos. La vida de Paco, un joven estudiante paulista, se desmorona con la muerte de su madre y acaba con su sueño de ser actor. Paco decide abandonar su país y marcharse a España, la tierra de su madre, aceptando llevar antes a Lisboa un objeto de contrabando. Allí conoce a Álex, el amor y el peligro de morir...

Mário was involved in a terrorist attack in Africa. Everyone thinks it was an accident but Mário knows it wasn’t. Now, hiden in Alentejo, he knows that sooner or later " they" will find him, yet he does not want to flee with a new identity until he finds his lover Alice. "They" find him and he has to escape with the help of Matilde. A fascinating woman who will now give him shelter and pretends to help him find Alice. Time is running out for Mário and Alice.