
Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.
Cast

Teresa Madruga
Pilar

Laura Soveral
Aurora

Ana Moreira
Young Aurora

Henrique Espírito Santo
Gian Luca Ventura

Carloto Cotta
Young Gian Luca Ventura

Isabel Cardoso
Santa

Ivo Müller
Aurora's Husband
Manuel Mesquita
Mário

Telmo Churro
Intrepid Explorer

Miguel Gomes
Narrator (voice)
Hortêncílio Aquina
Porter #1
Américo Mota
Porter #2
Valentim Hortêncílio
Porter #3
Artur Januário
Porter #4

Mariana Ricardo
Explorer's Wife / Aurora's Friend
Maya Kosa
Polish Young Woman
Vítor Manuel
Guide

Cândido Ferreira
Painter
Maria José Ricardo
Literacy Teacher

Joana da Cunha Ferreira
Pilar's Friend #1
Araceli Fuente Basconcillos
Pilar's Friend #2

Vasco Pimentel
Demonstration Spokesman / Pool House Owner
Paulo Amorim
Polish Young Man

Luís Gaspar
Skin
Paulo Seabra
Priest
Domingos Mário
Aurora's Young Servant
Claudina José
Aurora's Servant #1
Samira Latifo
Aurora's Servant #2
Judite Evaristo
Aurora's Servant #3
Anatérsia Fernando
Aurora's Pupil
Geremias Bartolomeu
Aurora's Servant #1
Rosário Afonso
Aurora's Servant #2
Bruno Lourenço
Bassist
Bruno Duarte
Guitarist
Celso Júnior
Mário's Son
Jacinto Valter
Scout #1
Gilberto Rosário
Scout #2
Guido Maleia
Scout #3
Filimone Sabão
Scout #4
Amaral Inácio Coelho
Scout #5
Bernardo Máquina
Sorcerer Cook
Afonso Gonçalves
Mário's Employee #1
Patrício Mobrica
Mário's Employee #2
Carlos Mutxopuanha
Mário's Employee #3
Virgílio Pedro
Photographer / NLF Spokesman (voice)
Donna Meirelles
Aurora's Friend #1
Lisa Persson
Aurora's Friend #2
Joaquim Carvalho
Military Man
João Oliveira
Militia Man
Matteo Morandini
Pool Party Friend #1
Gabriela Gutierrez
Pool Party Friend #2
Cláudia Esteves
Pool Party Friend #3
Duarte Caires
Pool Party Friend #4
Jorge Santos
Pool Party Friend #5
Célia Oliveira
Pool Party Friend #6
Patrick Mendes
Marseillais Man
Nando Samuel
Messenger
Rosa Ernesto
Midwife #1
Cristina Fermino
Midwife #2
Madalena Felizardo
Midwife #3
Lídia Felizardo
Midwife #4
Joaquina José
Midwife #5
Crew

Miguel Gomes
Director, Screenplay, Editor

Mariana Ricardo
Screenplay

Telmo Churro
Editor, Script Supervisor

Rui Poças
Director of Photography
Ronney Afortu
Color Grading
Bruno Lourenço
First Assistant Director
Patrick Mendes
Second Assistant Director

Luís Urbano
Executive Producer, Producer
Sônia Império Hamburger
Executive Producer

Sandro Aguilar
Producer
Georg Steinert
Associate Producer
Alexander Bohr
Associate Producer
Thomas Ordonneau
Co-Producer

Maren Ade
Co-Producer
Jonas Dornbach
Co-Producer
Fabiano Gullane
Co-Producer
Caio Gullane
Co-Producer

Débora Ivanov
Co-Producer

Gabriel Lacerda
Co-Producer
Janine Jackowski
Co-Producer
Bruno Duarte
Production Design

Benjamin Wüpper
Post Production Coordinator
Christian Burgdorff
Post Production Supervisor

Silvia Grabowski
Costume Designer
Araceli Fuente Basconcillos
Makeup & Hair
Donna Meirelles
Makeup & Hair
Sónia Luz
Makeup Artist
António Lopes
Sound Editor
Miguel Martins
Sound Editor, Sound Mixer

Vasco Pimentel
Sound
Aleksandra Stojanović
Foley Artist
Vladan Ndeljkov
Foley Artist
Markus 'Maggi' Selchow
Visual Effects
Silke Fischer
Technical Advisor, Art Direction
Virgílio Pedro
Technical Advisor
Joaquim Carvalho
Production Director
Carlos Santos
Key Grip
José Manuel Rodrigues
Gaffer
Caulo Rajabo
Gaffer
Momade Capurchande
Production Manager
Joana Vaz da Silva
Production Manager
Nuno Amorim
Graphic Designer



















