The passing away of their mothers makes Catarina and her own father meet in an emotional place that is different from the one most fathers and daughters know.
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11 wins & 13 nominations.
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Manuel Rosa | ... | Young Jacinto |
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João Móra | ... | Young Pedro |
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Ana Vasconcelos | ... | Young Beatriz |
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Henrique Vasconcelos | ... | Jacinto |
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Inês Campos | ... | Young Teresa |
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José Manuel Mendes | ... | Old Henrique Serpa Vasconcelos (voice) |
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João Pedro Mamede | ... | Adult Henrique Serpa Vasconcelos (voice) |
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Cláudia Varejão | ... | Beatriz (voice) |
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Luísa Ministro | ... | Zulmira |
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José Maria Rosa | ... | Young João |
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Ana Margarida Vasconcelos | ... | Older Beatriz |
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José Vasconcelos | ... | Self |
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João Vasconcelos | ... | Self |
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Nuno Vasconcelos | ... | Self |
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The passing away of their mothers makes Catarina and her own father meet in an emotional place that is different from the one most fathers and daughters know.
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PortugueseRelease Date:
1 September 2020 (Portugal) See more »Also Known As:
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Much of writer/director Catarina Vasconcelos' family history has been lost or forgotten prompting her to fill in the blanks with this beautiful contemplation on love and mortality that covers three generations. Her grandparents, Henriqué and Beatriz, were very much devoted to one another but since he was a sailor their marriage existed largely of passionate letters, B&W photographs, and the occasional shore leave which led to six children, all of whom eventually begat their own families. With highly formalized tableaux-some shimmering and ethereal, others as common as a kitchen sink-drifting across the screen like a succession of dim memories, and a voiceover narrative reading private correspondence as if it were purest poetry, Vasconcelos' celebration of family ties and the mothers who bind them can't help but touch a chord in anyone with a beating heart.