Tozé, a Portuguese immigrant of very few words, is trying to return to the south of France after being thrown out of his home. He earns a few cents by painting the walls of Pipa’s flat, a young woman from Lisbon who barely looks him in the eye.
Magdalene, a young foreigner, sneaks into the grave of a recently murdered friend, only to find it empty. Before she can alert others, Jesus appears beside her, resurrected, to say goodbye.
Jona, a museum guide, meets Denise, a Brazilian student. Helping to complete her academic work, Jona introduces Denise to the painting Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene. The passion between the two crosses the night, through the streets of Lisbon, but when they meet again she acts as if they had never met.
Three stories that intersect and illuminate each other over the course of a few days in Lisbon. A romantic comedy, but also an essay on the capacity of desire to awaken us from indifference.
Leonardo Mouramateus
