After breaking up with her boyfriend, a woman named Odete descends into madness and claims to be pregnant with the child of her neighbour Pedro, who died in a car crash and is mourned by his boyfriend Rui.
An overwrought weepie, it may be inspired by the recent dramas of Pedro Almodvar, but it comes off as Almodvar Lite -- muy lite.
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Sam Adams
RTLos Angeles TimesAug 25, 2006
Climaxing with a union as heartfelt as it is perverse, the movie asserts with eccentric force the belief that love knows no bounds, be they physical, spiritual or sensible.
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Ella Taylor
RTL.A. WeeklyAug 24, 2006
Director Joo Pedro Rodrigues has a poetic visual sense, but the novice actors remain so frozen in deer-in-headlights reaction shots, it's all but impossible to get onboard for their predicaments.
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David Lamble
RTBay Area ReporterMay 12, 2020
Rodriques has a nice feel for the corrupting influence of pop music: stray, sometimes barely heard tunes fill the air from car radios, or over stores' music systems.
Rosa Filmes
