Joao sells video tapes in road bars between Portugal and Spain. One day he finds a middle aged woman in the middle of nowhere. Somebody is looking for her and she has to escape to Lisboa. But what is the secret of this woman? Why does she want to go to Lisboa?
Acting
Carmen Maura's unreadable eyes hiding everything and nothing.
Cinematography
Bleached highways and roadside bars that reek of stale smoke.
Director
Antonio Hernández
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Antonio Hernández never made another feature after this, vanishing like one of his own characters.
The bootleg VHS trade setting isn't just atmosphere—it's about obsolete media preserving obsolete masculinity.
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