In the quietness of rural life, small disputes about the right to use a rivulet may take the proportion of a life-and-death matter..

A world of strong colours between documentary and fiction, centered on the life and work of modernist painter Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.

In the 1950s, a handful of prisoners attempt a daring escape from Peniche, a castle on the north coast of Portugal for the political dissidents of the regime.

Lúcia is courted by António, from the same social class, although she keeps a loving memory of Francisco, a half-adventurer marginal.

Confusion caused by Jerónimo, an old man abandoned in a hospital unit, staging his own death.