

88 minutes
9/18/1992
Eloi, a paunchy middle-aged man, finds Samuel, a young sad sack, about to kill himself by plunging into the sea. Eloi takes Samuel under his wing, giving him a hot meal and bringing him to a seedy night club to introduce him to Esperança, who is said to be the most beautiful sex worker in Lisbon—and is also Eloi’s daughter.

Fabienne Babe
as Esperança

Canto e Castro
as Eloi

Dinis Gomes
as Samuel

Francesca Prandi
as Rosa Bianca

Rita Blanco
as Ivone
Catarina Lourenço
as Salomé, the dancer
Ana Vaz da Silva
as Herodeas

Luis Miguel Cintra
as Hyperion Extracts Reader (voice)

André Engel
as Herodes
Ana Paula
as Carmen Miranda

João César Monteiro
as Man Outside Bathroom