In a hamlet of Portugal’s remote inland, between the rivers Douro and Tâmega, there live about thirty people. At the top of a hill, we find sisters Ana and Glória living in an isolated place which the baker, the fishmonger, the grocer, and their children visit once a week. Everything else comes from the soil, which the two sisters work from sunrise to sunset, amidst the strips of farmed land. We follow the agricultural cycle over the course of a year as the relationship between the director and the protagonists ripens. The veil is lifted on these women’s day-to-day lives and their deepest thoughts about life in the countryside, the only life they know.
Featuring: Ana Madureira da Rocha, Maria Glória Madureira da Rocha
Directed by: Cláudia Ribeiro
Image: Cláudia Ribeiro
Sound: Cláudia Ribeiro
Editing: Cláudia Ribeiro, João Miller Guerra, Raul Domingues
Sound Editing: Rúben Santiago
Sound Mixing: Carlos Abreu
Color Grading: Andreia Bertini
Producers: Cláudia Ribeiro, Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra
Produced by: Uma Pedra no Sapato
Funded by: ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Festivals and Awards
IndieLisboa – Festival Internacional de Cinema
National Competition (PT 08.2020)
Caminhos do Cinema Português
Selecção Caminhos (PT 11.2020)
Anthropological Film Festival
(PS 11.2020)
Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival
(PT 01.2021)
Days of Ethnographic Film
(SI 03.2021)
Liberation DocFest Bangladesh
(BD 04.2021)
Construir Cine - Festival Internacional de Cine Sobre el Trabajo
(AR 05.2021)
FECIP - Portoviejo Film Festival
International Documentary Feature Film (EC 06.2021)
Ortigia Film Festival
(IT 07.2021)
Special Mention
NOMA AZORES - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Direitos Humanos
(PT 07.2021)
MDOC - Festival Internacional de Documentário de Melgaço
(PT 08.2021)
Collected Voices Film Festival
(US 09.2021)
Riga Pasaules Film Festival
(LV 09.2021)
Fluvione Film Festival
Out of Limits (IT 09.2021)
Best Feature Film
NAFA – International Ethnographic Film Festival
(PT 09.2021)
Ethnological Documentary Film Festival Kratovo
(MK 10.2021)
Dili International Film Festival
(TL 10.2021)
Porto Femme – Festival Internacional de Cinema
National Competition (PT 10.2021)
Best National Competition Documentary
CineEco – Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental da Serra da Estrela
Portuguese Features Competition (PT 10.2021)
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