Baltazar Mello

One year after a wildfire devastated rural inland Portugal, a fire station is gripped by waiting, while in a mountain village life revolves around the chestnut harvest. Yet in the landscapes and in the bodies, the embers remain.

During a visit to a farmer's house to shoot a campaign video for her father, Hélia tries to introduce her boyfriend, who pretends to be a sound engineer.

Wishing to reestablish the special bond he shares with his mother, Baltazar reveals a secret he had never mustered the strength to articulate.