
Werner Schroeter directed this dark and surreal tale of a man determined to save a lost lover from a grim fate at the hands of a violent mob. The city of Santa Maria is falling into chaos as an armed military faction is poised to take power in a coup d'etat. Ossorio used to call Santa Maria home, and he has returned in its darkest hour to find the woman he loves, hoping to rescue her from the violence that is lurks around the corner. As Ossorio searches for his love, he meets Victoria in a shabby hotel, who in turn introduces him to her father Barcala, who for the right price is willing to take Ossorio and another passenger away on his boat. While Ossorio is willing to pay Barcala what he wants, can he find the mysterious woman before the ship sets sail?
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Pascal Greggory as Ossorio

Bruno Todeschini as Morasan

Amira Casar as Irène

Éric Caravaca as Villar

Nathalie Delon as Risso

Jean-François Stévenin as Martins

Laura Soveral as Rosaria's mother

Filipe Duarte as Júlio

Teresa Tavares as Girl with a joint

Simão Cayatte as Sailor

Nuno Lopes as Aboud

Bulle Ogier as Doña Inês

Patrícia Bull as Cleaning lady

Adelaide Teixeira as Neighbor

Pedro Frias as Taxi driver

Carloto Cotta as Mobile guard

Marc Barbé as Vargas

Sami Frey as Barcala

Elsa Zylberstein as Maria de Souza

Mostefa Djadjam as Granowsky

João Baptista as Juan

Pascale Schiller as Agnès

Oleg Zhukov as Max

Patrícia Guerreiro as Lola

Marta Mateus as Hermínia

Cassiano Carneiro as Brazilian

Hugo Mestre Amaro as Customer

Paulo Pinto as Taxi driver

Hugo Tourita as Tortured man

Ivo Bastos as Militiaman

Manuel Moreira as Ramon

Paulo Furtado as Groupe Nightclub

Joana Estrela as
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