In a rural landscape, that resembles an old Portugal, an elderly man find out that his wife, whom he believed to be dead, was seen shopping in town. Spiteful and sad, he wants to hide from everyone, but his friends insist that he uses this situation to become stronger and try to get married again.
Великолепная и захватывающая историческая драма рассказывает историю евреев в Португалии начиная с 1496 года, когда король Мануэл I запретил исповедание иудаизма. По официальным данным еврейские общины страны исчезают, однако во многих деревнях продолжает практиковаться криптоиудаизм. Возвращаться в Португалию евреи начинают только в девятнадцатом веке с окончанием инквизиции. В Порто обосновывается небольшая община ашкеназов, к которой присоединяется принявший иудаизм офицер португальской армии; со временем он начинает путешествовать, пытаясь вернуть тех, кто тайно исповедует иудаизм, к открытому исповеданию религии.
Maria a young girl living in Portugal in the late 60's, is left alone by her husband who is taken to the colonial war in Africa on their wedding day. In an environment of traditions and taboos she tries to deal with her love and loss at the same time she tries to find her own voice.
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro play, two famous doctors, an 80-year-old father, and his 60-year-old son, contemplate senility and death. "Suzy," from an Antonio Patricio story, is set in the '30s when a young courtesan dies on the operating table. "Mother of the River" is from an Agustina Bessa-Luis fable about eternal life.
