Cast
Geraldo Del Rey Isabel Ruth Maria Barroso João Guedes Nunes Vidal Mário Santos
Credits
Written by: 
Paulo Rocha
Plot
A man returns home to a northern Portuguese fishing village and finds that life has changed, and falls in love, in a neorealist and poetic drama.
Sinekatalog’s take
A poetic, neorealist classic of Novo Cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (531 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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