Hovering Over the Water
Directed by João César Monteiro
Produced by Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Monteiro & Gil
A melancholic romance between a grieving widow and a mysterious stranger interrupted by danger, set against the beauty and longing of a coastal escape.
Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.
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