Miguel Clara Vasconcelos

Through the letters received from friends and family who remained in Japan, the filmmaker recalls the past and reflects on moving to Portugal and leaving Tokyo.

Five situations in the career of the professional boxer Jorge Pina. You get to meet Mário, an amateur boxer, Casteli the president of the boxing association, Vítor the coach, Jorge Pina himself and Magalhães the manager. You see them getting ready in the dressing room, the weighing in of the athletes, partying, the training, the gymnasiums and everything surrounding a less than clean fight.

Bound by a silent pact, five students make a secret trip to the country for what seems to be an initiation ceremony. In threatening landscapes and abandoned ruins, they submit to the strange rituals of their leader, the Dux.

Alberto is 40 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment complex where he works as a concierge. One day, a circus group settles near Alberto’s residence, disturbing his everyday life and awakening his forgotten desire for independence and freedom.

The day starts in Lisbon and with it people return to the streets. These men live in a place which is not a home. Martins, the barber from Luanda, Simões with his spears, Manuel and his films and Francisco's silence share a place to rest, a shelter. They have some affinities with the outside world but they communicate through the words that they don't say. Perhaps the differences are clearest in everything that is silenced.

A boy from Vila do Conde records a love letter on a cassette. His voice blends with music, archive images and stories from the past, some lived and others heard.

At the edge of Paris, where the rivers of the Seine and Marne meet, Sheylla shares memories, encounters and feelings from the journeys that have brought her here. We can see that she’s preparing to leave again, but which path should she choose when she can go in any direction?