Life in the slum of Padre Cruz, Lisbon, is marked by violence and poverty. A family's struggles to overcome their hardships are chronicled through the story of a middle-aged mother, Márcia, who works as a cook and shares a cramped home with her children and sister. Márcia's hopes for her daughter's future are threatened when Cláudia announces a relationship with a married professor, echoing Márcia's own past.
Blood of My Blood
The tranquility of a ordinary family's life in Lisbon's outskirts is abruptly disrupted, sending their world into chaos within a mere week.