Lisbon-Province
2010 · 0h 20m · Drama
This is a slow-burn Portuguese drama with a modest 6.0 IMDb score — it's the kind of contemplative, understated film that demands patience and won't offer you much plot momentum. Skip it tonight unless you're specifically craving deeply introspective cinema; there are better dramas waiting for you.
Plot
A nurse takes care of a patient in her house. Maria do Céu has been a nurse for more than forty years, working at an old Hospital in Lisbon. She was sixteen, when she arrived to Lisbon, coming from a small village in Alentejo. At the Hospital, she reads the file of an old patient who was also her friend. The file is then closed. Maria do Céu returns to her village, where she sings at the people’s house choir.
Director: Susana Nobre
Cast: Brites da Conceição Borralho, Susana Nobre, Maria do Céu Nobre