Lília Lopes

Six new stories emerge in the new feature film from the Stranger Tales franchise, bringing the theme of Demons and Possessions.

The Forest of the Lost Souls is a dense and remote forest, Portugal's most popular place for suicide. In a summer morning, two strangers meet within the woods.

Ramiro is a bookstore owner in Lisbon and a poet in perpetual creative block. He lives, somewhat frustrated, somewhat conformed, between his shop and the tavern, accompanied by his dog, his faithful drinking companions and his neighbors: a pregnant teenager and her grandmother recovering from a stroke. He would gladly continue living this quiet and somewhat anachronistic routine if events worthy of a soap opera did not invade his bubble.

A methodical man, devoted to his career as a computer engineer and to an apparently perfect marriage with Patrícia. But on his wedding anniversary, the unexpected discovery of a stranger in his home triggers a chain of revelations that call into question everything he believes in. In a game of manipulation and hidden motives, love proves to be far more complex and destructive than he was ever taught to believe.

Madalena is a seven-year-old girl who has to draw the nativity scene. When she lists the characters in the biblical scene, she is confronted with a surprise: God, the father of Jesus, is not included in the scene. The girl is reluctant to accept this new information, but after considering the facts, she eventually comes to a curious conclusion.