The story of a relationship between a prisoner's mother and a soldier, revealing the possibility of a dialogue between people in opposite situations. The memory of difficult times seen from the point of view of characters who are always considered secondary. The mother is a conservative, catholic, married woman. The young soldier, newly arrived from the South, is compelled to witness a series of barbarities. He decides to accept the risk of taking a message from the imprisoned daughter to her mother, creating a highly contradictory relationship.
Lucia Murat
Her first feature How Nice to See You Alive (1989), premiered at Toronto and was elected Best Film at Brasília Festival. Sweet Power (1995) was shown at Sundance and Berlin Festivals. In 2011, Uma Longa Viagem was the great prize winner of Gramado Festival. Em 2013, Memories They Told Me was awarded in Moscow. In 2017, was awarded Best Director and Actress (Grace Passô) at Rio Int'l Film Festival for Praça Paris.
