대학에서 해부학을 가르치고 있는 교수인 고드윈 벡스터는 젊고 아름다운 여성 벨라와 함께 살고 있다. 어린 아기의 지능을 가지고 있는 벨라를 고드윈은 마치 자신의 딸처럼 아끼며 그녀에게 말과 행동을 가르친다. 한편 고드윈의 제자이자 평소 그를 존경해 왔던 맥스는 고드윈 교수와 가까이 지내게 되면서 벨라를 만나게 된다. 벨라의 이상 행동에 관심을 갖기 시작하는 맥스, 고드윈 박사로부터 벨라는 얼마 전에 자살한 여자를 자신이 의학적으로 되살린 것이라는 충격적인 말을 듣게 된다. 하지만 이미 벨라에게 마음을 뺏긴 맥스는 고드윈 박사의 제안에 따라 그녀와 약혼하기로 결심하는데...
The best way to discover a city is through its people. 'Show Me Lisbon' reveals the city as seen by thirteen locals, or lisboetas - who were either born there or moved there by choice and who are of different generations, areas and backgrounds. The result is a dynamic, relaxed and realistic portrait of Lisbon that looks at themes such as what it means "to be a lisboeta", the light, the river, the food, the sounds, the history, the ethnic mixes, fado and the city's facades. The artist Joana Vasconcelos, the musician Rodrigo Leao, the writer Richard Zenith, the fado singer Carminho, the street artist Vhils and the historian Jose Sarmento Matos, alongside the knife sharpeners, fishwives, old ladies of Alfama and the festival singers who show the city as it is lived in its traditional quarters. Show me Lisbon is the follow-up to Show me Rio and the second film in the Show me Cities series.
Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular culture. This wealth in music, poems, theater and novels has been created over the last 50 years and in this film Chico Buarque converses about his memories, shows, daily life, work methods, creative process, in summary all his trajectory. The musician’s search for his German brother, whom he never got to meet, serves as one of the axis for the narrative.
A and B get on the train, full of excitement Love and jealousy/Ashes and fire/Pain and sin Just before it leaves, C boards too. All this exists / All this is sad / All this is fado.
