Guilherme Araújo

Ventura, manœuvre retraité cap-verdien, erre dans une Lisbonne labyrinthique et cauchemardesque. Il se remémore la manière dont lui et ses amis du quartier Fontainhas ont traversé la Révolution des Œillets, dans la peur de la répression. Dans son errance Ventura rencontre Vitalina qui lui raconte sa propre histoire d’exil.

Emilia is a 17 year old who just finished high school and now works at the local gas station. She has the dream of becoming a professional ballerina, but has never had the courage to leave everything and try. One day she finally gets the chance to audition for the last ballet company still standing in Portugal. She will have to decide whether she should try and risk failing miserably or carry on with her comfortable life, without purpose.