Francisca Manuel

Francisca est une jeune femme portugaise qui vit au Brésil depuis un an. À la demande de sa mère, elle reçoit Teresa, une amie avec laquelle elle avait perdu le contact. Tandis que Teresa découvre, enchantée, le nouveau pays où elle veut s’installer et ainsi fuir la crise de son pays, Francisca décide de retourner à Lisbonne. Le film suit les aventures de chaque femme dans la ville et la profonde amitié qui naît entre elles, les obligeant à expérimenter des désirs opposés : l’envie de s’en aller dans un pays inconnu et le besoin persistant d’avoir un chez soi.

A contemporary reinterpretation of the tradition of pilgrimages in the Azores, historically carried out exclusively by men. In the film, a group of women make a pilgrimage to the island of Pico; along the way, one of them disappears, raising questions about their individual and collective existence as female bodies. These are bodies that literally walk to break the bubble of passivity, guided by action, ritual and resistance.

A contemporary reinterpretation of the tradition of pilgrimages in the Azores, historically carried out exclusively by men. In the film, a group of women make a pilgrimage to the island of Pico; along the way, one of them disappears, raising questions about their individual and collective existence as female bodies. These are bodies that literally walk to break the bubble of passivity, guided by action, ritual and resistance.

A contemporary reinterpretation of the tradition of pilgrimages in the Azores, historically carried out exclusively by men. In the film, a group of women make a pilgrimage to the island of Pico; along the way, one of them disappears, raising questions about their individual and collective existence as female bodies. These are bodies that literally walk to break the bubble of passivity, guided by action, ritual and resistance.