Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
PT
Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release:
October 1986
Production:
Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Monteiro & Gil, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Cast:
Laura Morante, Philip J. Spinelli, Manuela de Freitas, Georges Claisse, Teresa Villaverde, Sérgio Antunes, Rita Figueiredo, Frederick Ooms, Haddy Moss, Gerd Volkmar, João César Monteiro, Conceição Guerra
Tags:
sea, beach, widow, poem, longing, vacation, love, grief, terrorism
