

A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...
Acting
Vanessa Machado carries the whole damn thing on her back.
Production
Lisbon looks gorgeously bleak, like the city itself is grieving.

Director
Leonel Vieira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joaquim de Almeida is Portugal's most exported actor—he's been in everything from Clear and Present Danger to Desperado.
This barely registered domestically, exemplifying how Portuguese cinema of this era struggled to find audiences even at home.
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