Tânia Dinis

The film was inspired by the letters exchanged between two leading Portuguese poets, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and Jorge de Sena, during the exile of the latter (1957-78). Through their poetry and their letters, the film builds a dialogue between longing and belonging, the "desire to fill years of distance with hours of conversation". At the same time, it establishes a correspondence with our own lives fictionalized under the ties and entanglements that hold us together.

Espada, a second hand private detective, tries to find a way out of the city whilst continuing his extortion schemes. However, in a society dominated by the construction mafia, corrupt policemen, and femmes fatales, the stakes for such endeavor may be too high. (mubi.com)