A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
motherbeachhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or book1970srio de janeirobased on true storyanti-communismsao paulo, brazilgrieffemale protagonistinterrogationseasidemissing personmilitary dictatorshipfamily photoinjusticehistorical dramahumanityfamily dynamicsmissing husband1990sactivismmother son relationshipmother daughter relationshipresiliencerealistic2010sindependent filmadaptationpolitical dramaassertivebaffledmissing fatherpolitical dissidentbiographical dramabrazilian military dictatorshiptorture and murdertorture military