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At an old manor house in northern Portugal, Ana helps her friend, Emília, the elderly housekeeper who is determined to continue to keep the unoccupied house in order for the owners who are never there. As the seasons turn, Mónica, Ana's daughter, challenges her mother's choices and the three generations of women search to understand where they belong in a world that is rapidly fading, where the cycle of life is renovated only through inevitable endings.
Avis de la communauté (1)
[Cannes '23] A portrait of three generations of women in relation to social structures, reflected in a staging that is manifested through very expressive frames. The film uses the cycle of the seasons to elaborate a representation of the life cycle itself. With a slow cadence, it focus on details and is mostly silent, attentive to the dynamics of a daily ritual of repetitive tasks. It is marked by these contrasts to reflect the differences but also the similarities between these three generations of women who adhere to tradition and to the land, whether voluntarily or forced.