João Nuno Brochado

On 18 September 1929, José Régio sent a letter to Alberto Serpa expressing his desire to create a production company and start making films. For almost 90 years, nothing more was known: no reply was ever found and Régio never mentioned the subject again. The discovery of some old reels in a collector’s hoard seems to provide the ending to the story.

Dealing with grief and the passing of time, Lao is an old man whose son is living far from Macao. Left without friends or anyone with whom to leave a precious family relic, his heirloom seems bound to be forgotten. Until one day...