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Guardian Angel

Lúcia is an independent woman who lives alone in Lisbon. Her father commits suicide leaving her a message on phone recorder, revealing a letter he wrote. However Lúcia can't find it in her father's house. On that visit she ends up meeting with her mother, a known political activist with whom she has a distant and tense relationship. In hope of finding the letter, Lúcia leaves to the farm where she grew up, on an isolated location. There she reencounters Álvaro, an old childhood companion, who shares a little life time he has left between roses and the piano, and the guardian angel that follows and protects her through nocturnal wanderings.

Top Cast

  • Canto e Castro

    Canto e Castro

    Rally Speaker

  • Dalila Carmo

    Dalila Carmo

    Sãozinha

  • Cucha Carvalheiro

    Cucha Carvalheiro

    La Salette

  • Zita Duarte

    Zita Duarte

    Helga

  • Isabel de Castro

    Isabel de Castro

    Rosa

  • Pedro Hestnes

    Pedro Hestnes

    Álvaro

  • Maria do Céu Guerra

    Maria do Céu Guerra

    Helena

  • Catarina Furtado

    Catarina Furtado

    Dancer

  • Eugénia Bettencourt

    Eugénia Bettencourt

    Nurse Liseta

Overview

Lúcia is an independent woman who lives alone in Lisbon. Her father commits suicide leaving her a message on phone recorder, revealing a letter he wrote. However Lúcia can't find it in her father's house. On that visit she ends up meeting with her mother, a known political activist with whom she has a distant and tense relationship. In hope of finding the letter, Lúcia leaves to the farm where she grew up, on an isolated location. There she reencounters Álvaro, an old childhood companion, who shares a little life time he has left between roses and the piano, and the guardian angel that follows and protects her through nocturnal wanderings.

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