Cast
Ventura 
Vitalina Varela Tito Furtado
Credits
Written by: 
Pedro Costa
Plot
An elderly migrant from Cape Verde wanders through a hospital and memories of the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
Sinekatalog’s take
Pedro Costa's haunting film follows an elderly Cape Verdean man wandering a hospital and memories of the 1974 revolution. Shot in rich darkness with minimal dialogue, it is a hypnotic, painterly meditation on migrant history.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (2,161 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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