Two film directors and a writer are in Portugal for an expedition through various images, moments from the history of Western allegorical representation. The writer is Jean-Louis Schefer, and this tale encapsulates his life’s mission.

Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies

Rómulo's quiet routine in Rio de Janeiro changes overnight when an accident sets off a wave of absurd events. Far away, Orlando, his twin brother and a dealer in rare works, tries to buy a book from a Brazilian student with financial problems. The twins' lives will be on a collision course thanks to the arrival of a mysterious manuscript.

Life Lasts Two Days

Lord von Ketten’in yeni karısı, yaşanası bir durumda olmayan kocasına ait İtalya’daki aile şatosunu bir eve dönüştürmeye kararlıdır. Kocası savaşa gidip on bir yıl uzaklarda kalınca, kadın kitap okuduğu, şarkı söyleyip dans ettiği, yüzdüğü ve ormanda ata bindiği, kendine ait bir yaşam inşa eder.

Portekizli Kadın

Jorge de Sena was forced to leave his country. First he moved to Brazil, and later to the USA. He never returned to Portugal. During his 20-year-long exile, he kept an epistolary correspondence with Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. These letters are a testimony of the profound friendship between the two poets, letters of longing and of desire to “fill years of distance with hours of conversation”. Through excerpts and verses, a dialog is established, revealing their divergent opinions but mostly their strong bond, and their efforts to preserve it until their last breaths.

Correspondences

Paul and Adèle were once lovers and separated but are still good friends, one year after everything seems to take them away from each other. The key of E-flat may be the key of true friendship, but it is Mozart that pushes them apart...