A woman takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with her lover. The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convinced that if only he can get his father's stolen motorcycle back everything will be fine again, so he sets out to get enough money to buy his father a new one.
Acting
Saúl Fonseca's heartbreaking confidence as a boy who doesn't understand.
Direction
Vasconcelos never lets you forget this is a child's-eye tragedy.
Cinematography
Bleak Lisbon suburbs that feel both intimate and imprisoning.
Director
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Portugal's 1990s cinematic revival examining working-class Lisbon after EU integration disrupted traditional industries.
The motorcycle itself—a symbol of masculine pride Jaime inherits without understanding why it destroyed everything.
