Matilde Valente

‘Linhas’ follows a 19-year-old, Manu, who is torn between school, his family and a world that offers him money but robs him of his future. Marked by his mother’s absence and a distant relationship with his father, he finds in his sister, Cíntia, the only safe haven in his life. Amidst silences and secrets, ‘Linhas’ is a story about family, identity and the winding paths of life.

When his estranged son returns to confront him with the remnants of the past, an elderly deaf fisherman retreats into silence. However, a final memory forgotten at the bottom of a box calls into question what he believed to have been a sacrifice for his family.