Nino, tough but sickly, and his older brother Vicente live in the country with their father. After their father disappears ― we’re never sure why ― murder is suggested. Vicente brings his girlfriend to the house, and a different kind of family is established as the three youngsters grow fiercely protective of each other. But their uncle grows suspicious about the fate of the missing father and forcibly kidnaps Nino, taking him away to the city and leaving Vicente to locate him there.

• DirectorPedro Costa
• Release7 December 1989
• Genre
  Drama / Mystery
• Duration1h 35m
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• Rate
  

  6.9
  26 reviews
• Productions

  RTP, Tropico Filmes, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian