Maria João Pinho

Hugo, 40 years old, spends most of his time in one of the palaces of the Commerce Square in Lisbon, in the ministry offices where he works. Obsessed with movies he discovered in the belongings of António, his recently deceased mentor and friend, Hugo recalls the day António told him he was dying. These memories, linked to images recorded on film, which he reviews again and again, lead him to reflect on all that was left unsaid. (Público.pt)

A visually intense and poetic coming-of-age film portrays the fourteen-years-old David who is forced to become the man of the house while his grandfather lives last days in hospital. (imdb)

In the mid-20th century, a troubled relationship between Germana, a young writer, and Quina, her aunt who lives in the northern Portuguese countryside. Feelings of jealousy, admiration and the complex magnetism between these two strong women arise.