Top Cast
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António Parra
Hugo / Luís Stockman
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Alba Baptista
Dulcineia
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Ana Cunha
Júlia
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Nuno Nunes
Franco
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Emília Silvestre
Leonor
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Joana Africano
Elsa
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Maria Leite
Catarina
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Afonso Santos
Edouard Bouvard
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Paulo Calatré
Inspector Correia da Silva
Overview
Follows Hugo as he takes a gap year and returns to Porto to regain balance with his family, but he attends a concert by Luís Stockman, who plays a theme that Hugo has been writing in his head for years.
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