A Portrait of Butterflies

October 2019, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (UK). Three months before Brexit. Hundreds of Portuguese migrant workers pour into town, seeking work at the local turkey factories. Tânia (The Mother of the Portuguese), a former worker in these poultry plants, is now married to an English hotel owner. She is the perfect facilitator for the Portuguese workers, but dreams of becoming a British citizen and leaving this dirty business behind by transforming her husband’s derelict hotels into refurbished senior citizens homes.

Three vampires (a drug addict, a pacifist, and a nymphomaniac) reveal secrets that could change the history of the modern world.

After a difficult breakup with Júlia, Leonor retraces the memories of their complicated love, trying to understand how she became entangled in this abusive relationship. In an intimate dialogue with herself, she untangles the intensity of the moments that make her miss the very person who brought her so much misery.