Inês Lapa Lopes

A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.

In a unique approach to what amounts to four pseudo-morality plays, director Monique Rutler has a street entertainer with hand puppets summarize the characters and idea of each story. The first sketch is about a young man who shines shoes for a living, and tries to keep up a relationship with two women while convincing each she is his only true love. The next story is about a man who beats up his wife when he is drunk, and sells furs for a living. One day, as she is riding in the back of his truck with the furs, he hits a bad patch and she and some furs fall out. The question is, will the woman be enterprising and leave the jerk - or not? The third tale concerns a woman looking into how much control a prostitute has over her clients, and to really find out, she becomes a prostitute herself for awhile - leading to some quite unexpected situations. The last segment handles the uglier side of the life styles of the rich and famous.

Ana Margarida Rosa Lobo, une actrice de 70 ans en fin de carrière, découvre qu'elle est atteinte de la maladie d'Alzheimer et sans l'expliquer à personne, elle décide de mettre fin à son mariage de cinq décennies avec Sérgio et de déménager dans une autre maison pour profiter de sa lucidité tant qu'elle le peut. Cette décision bouleverse la vie professionnelle et personnelle de ses quatre filles. Face à cette situation, la famille va être mise à rude épreuve et les quatre femmes changent leur façon d'envisager la vie, remettant en question leurs relations amoureuses qu'elles ont aussi construites.

Urban series that takes place between the Beach of the Shells and the new School of Arts that is being born in the palace of the Barahona family. Against the background of the mythical line of Cascais, this series has a plot full of strong emotions. Each episode combines different lines of stories that cross each other: the freshness of the summer novels, the rebelliousness of youth, the adventures and peripécias lived on the beach, the fight for fame, the generational conflicts and the reunions that can happen... when least expected.