Carolina, an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river, marries another late-in-life character, the dredging-boat operator Antonio. Not long after their union, she becomes intensely jealous of Antonio's fondness for their winsome goddaughter, Joana, and insinuates herself into a relationship brewing between Joana and a mystical gypsy gold salesman. Soon, tempers are flaring, mystical secrets are being revealed and death is hovering over the central characters.
Paulo Rocha
Director

Isabel Ruth
Carolina

Lima Duarte
António

Joana Bárcia
Mélita

José Mário Branco
Blindman

António Capelo
Joaquim

João Cardoso
Zé dos Ouros
Saguenail
Photographer

Diana Sá
Flower Saleswoman

João Pedro Bénard
Vitalina Varela66%
Temporada69%
The Truth About Emanuel59%
O Filho de Mil Homens74%
La joven69%
Fala Comigo65%
Come Sunday58%
Califórnia71%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Salomé62%
Brotherly Love70%
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
Northfork59%
TalhotBlond63%
The Safety of Objects65%
Boa Sorte73%
Strange Weather58%
Hands of Stone66%
Entre Nós63%
Divaldo: O Mensageiro da Paz86%