At an old manor house in northern Portugal, Ana helps her friend, Emília, the elderly housekeeper who is determined to continue to keep the unoccupied house in order for the owners who are never there. As the seasons turn, Mónica, Ana's daughter, challenges her mother's choices and the three generations of women search to understand where they belong in a world that is rapidly fading, where the cycle of life is renovated only through inevitable endings.
Fiction is never very far from reality. A young man, of Portuguese heritage, decides to do a PhD based on the documentary The Good People of Portugal, a work from 1980, also directed by Rui Simões. This opens the door to a parallel between the reality of the film we see and that of PREC, the moment of the studied documentary and the contemporary world, with the young Michel in between.
Vargas is an undercover agent whose mission is to capture a group of robbers. The robbery of a jewelry store will be the ideal moment to catch them in the act. After a conversation with Ricardo, one of the group's members, Vargas questions his view of the enemy, making the mission much more difficult.
Manuel Mozos (born June 1959, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director. Mozos studied history and philosophy before enrolling at the School of Theatre and Cinema, where he specialized as an editor. He was responsible for the editing of several films, and in 1989, he directed Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois... In 1992, he directed his first feature, Xavier. Since then he has also directed several documentaries and video clips, including 4 Hearts, produced and released by Rosa Filmes.