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Hovering Over the Water

Original title: À Flor do Mar
  • 1986
  • 2h 23m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
490
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Hovering Over the Water (1986)
DramaRomance

Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She ... Read allLaura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual att... Read allLaura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrives looking for Robert.

  • Director
    • João César Monteiro
  • Writer
    • João César Monteiro
  • Stars
    • Laura Morante
    • Philip J. Spinelli
    • Manuela de Freitas
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    490
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • João César Monteiro
    • Writer
      • João César Monteiro
    • Stars
      • Laura Morante
      • Philip J. Spinelli
      • Manuela de Freitas
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Laura Morante
    Laura Morante
    • Laura Rossellini
    Philip J. Spinelli
    • Robert Jordan
    • (as Philip Spinelli)
    Manuela de Freitas
    • Sara
    Georges Claisse
    • Antoine
    Teresa Villaverde
    Teresa Villaverde
    • Rosa
    Sérgio Antunes
    • Roberto
    Rita Figueiredo
    • Maria
    Conceição Senna
    • Senhora Amélia
    Haddy Moss
    • Chefe dos assaltantes
    Gerd Volkmar
    • 1.° assaltante
    Frederick Ooms
    • 2.° assaltantes
    João César Monteiro
    João César Monteiro
    • Stavroguine
    • (as J.C.M.)
    • Director
      • João César Monteiro
    • Writer
      • João César Monteiro
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    • Trivia
      The director could be seen sitting behind the two main characters in the cafeteria scene.
    • Connections
      References Rome, Open City (1945)
    • Soundtracks
      Adadio ma non tanto da Sonata no III en mi maior BWV 1016
      Music by Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performed by Gustav Leonhardt (cravo) & Sigiswald Kuijken (as Segiswald Kuijken) (violino)

    User reviews2

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    8/10
    Beautiful film. And Laura Morante is beautiful in it.
    It is great to see the man putting on macho airs, sentimental glances and helplessly clumsy courtship phrases, failing to seduce the quietly ironic, elusively graceful breeze of a woman which is morante. and the pleasure of seeing monteiro playing the german-speaking badass, crouching on a chair, just as invisible as a cactus on a parsley plantation and wreaking havoc on books, is uncomparable! >_<
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 28, 1996 (Portugal)
    • Country of origin
      • Portugal
    • Languages
      • Portuguese
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • À Flor do Mar
    • Filming locations
      • Algarve, Portugal
    • Production company
      • Monteiro & Gil
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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