Centro Português de Cinema

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between two families, kills a man and escapes to the capital. He can't find work,resorts to begging, but keeps his mountaineer pride. He starts a new life with a prostitute who is nice to him, but nothing works. He returns home, and alone, and now he finds life there is sad as well.

Lúcia is courted by António, from the same social class, although she keeps a loving memory of Francisco, a half-adventurer marginal.

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.