Ana Figueira

포르투갈 음악계에서 독보적인 위치에 있는 작곡가이자 가수인 안토니오 바리코스의 전기 영화. 어렸을 때부터 음악을 좋아하던 안토니오는 헤어디자이너로 일하며 자신의 음악을 꾸준히 만들어간다. 아무도 그의 재능을 믿지 않을 때, 음악 저널리스트 루이만은 안토니오의 가능성을 믿고 그를 정식 데뷔시키려 노력한다.

A writer becomes the main character in the story he intended to write

Lisbon, 1938. Mr. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of an evening paper. Although fascism is on the rise in Europe, like in nearby civil war Spain or even inside Portugal itself in the form of Salazar's regime, Pereira only concerns himself with writing bios and translating French novels. Things change after he hires a young writer as his assistant, getting to know also his girlfriend – both opponents to the regime – and reluctantly helps them when they begin to get in trouble for subversive activities. Eventually, he's forced to take a stand...