Acting
Bertha is a widow and lives alone on an isolated farm in the mountains of Santa Catarina. Beginning to face difficulties in keeping the property running, Bertha is under pressure from her son who wants her to move in with him in an upscale neighborhood of FlorianĂłpolis. Upon learning of the arrival of a group of Haitians in Santa Catarina, Bertha decides to bring the Haitian Bastide to work and live with her, fueling her son's hostility. The coexistence transforms the working relationship between Bertha and Bastide into a sincere friendship between two people from different cultures who share common ideas and feelings.
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A man invades the neighbor's house, trying to recover his chicken. This invasion leads the two to duel in a card game, and this duel leads to something deeper, reminding the viewer of the fragility of the mind, of love as a force of resistance.
A mix of documentary and fiction, the movie tells the real story of the first Italian immigrants to arrive in the south of Brazil.
