João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from prison and João's ensuing deception triggers a series of somber events.
Acting
Monteiro's self-directed performance is unflinching self-portraiture.
Direction
168 minutes of deliberate discomfort, masterfully sustained.
Director
João César Monteiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Monteiro's final film in his 'João de Deus' trilogy, completing his self-mythologizing portrait of Portuguese masculinity in decline.
The funeral scene mirrors Monteiro's own mortality — he died two years after release, making the house's decay almost prophetic autobiography.
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