Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.
Director: João César Monteiro
Cast: Laura Morante, Philip J. Spinelli, Manuela de Freitas, Georges Claisse, Teresa Villaverde, Sérgio Antunes, Rita Figueiredo, Frederick Ooms
Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.
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Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him …
2h 17m
July 24, 2013
João César Monteiro
Laura Morante, Philip J. Spinelli, Manuela de Freitas
Drama, Romance