Pedro Zimmermann

The vast possibility of global-scale connections, made possible by the internet, gives rise to different notions about what community is. This documentary brings a vibrant and intrinsic theme to all our actions today: the links between the real and the virtual, and the intertwining and complementarity of these two universes.

In 1752, a ship arrives in Brazil, bringing doctor and writer Gaspar de Fróes. He keeps a diary about the dangerous trip, the diseases and hunger aboard, his impressions of the new country, and the political struggle between the crowns of Castela and Portugal. In Brazil, he is going to fall in love with the wife of a Portuguese officer.