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Life is a mystery that solves everything in the end.
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro play, two famous doctors, an 80-year-old father, and his 60-year-old son, contemplate senility and death. "Suzy," from an Antonio Patricio story, is set in the '30s when a young courtesan dies on the operating table. "Mother of the River" is from an Agustina Bessa-Luis fable about eternal life.Read moreLess
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro play, two famous doctors, an 80-year-old father, and his 60-year-old son, contemplate senility and death. "Suzy," from an Antonio Patricio story, is set in the '30s when a young courtesan dies on the operating table. "Mother of the River" is from an Agustina Bessa-Luis fable about eternal life.
The story
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro play, two famous doctors, an 80-year-old father, and his 60-year-old son, contemplate senility and death. "Suzy," from an Antonio Patricio story, is set in the '30s when a young courtesan dies on the operating table. "Mother of the River" is from an Agustina Bessa-Luis fable about eternal life.
Cast & crew
José PintoFather
Isabel RuthMarta
Leonor SilveiraSuzy
Diogo DóriaHim
Rita BlancoGabi
Leonor BaldaqueFisalina
Ricardo TrêpaBoyfriend
Irene PapasMotherExplore the crew
- Director
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Writer
- Prista Monteiro
- Writer
- António Patrício
- Editor
- Valérie Loiseleux
- Director of Photography
- Renato Berta
- Producer
- Paulo Branco
- Screenplay
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Writer
- Agustina Bessa-Luís

Luís Miguel Cintra
Afonso Araújo