Acting
Diogo Almada is a successful account manager at a telecommunications company who is struggling with serious stress and anxiety issues due to the constant state of pressure he lives in. His situation becomes worse when he suffers a stroke which puts him in hospital. There, doctors tell him that if he doesn't slow down things could become much worse for him in the future. He also meets the owner of a vegetables and herbs greenery in Beirais, a small village in the midlands, who is looking to sell it. Diogo then decides to buy him out and risk it as a farmer himself. He wants his girlfriend Teresa to come along with him, but she refuses to leave Lisbon due to her career and also because she doesn't want to give up her city comforts. But Diogo decides to move to Beirais anyway, where he is faced with an entirely different reality from what he’s used to.
How far can a father go to guarantee a world of happiness to his daughter? On the day when everything changes and the past emerges, a family adrift and its network of unlikely friends will be reunited in Lisbon. A Blue Lisbon, full of undoing knots.
“Destino Maior” tells the story of Lúcia Cruz, a humble woman who believes she lost her daughter at birth, unaware that the baby was sold by her own stepmother to a wealthy family. Eleven years later, while struggling to support her sick sister and survive life's hardships, Lúcia crosses paths with Matilde, a girl in danger whom she ends up saving. This encounter leads her to Eduardo Ferreira do Vale, the child's adoptive father, who later hires her as his daughter's nanny—unaware that he is bringing mother and daughter face-to-face once again. As the bond between Lúcia, Matilde, and Eduardo deepens, a love story unfolds, shaped by secrets, guilt, and intertwined destinies.
Victor has unfinished business with his former psychoanalyst Carmo. After years of holding a grudge, he lures Carmo into his house in order to finally take vengeance.
Maria a young girl living in Portugal in the late 60's, is left alone by her husband who is taken to the colonial war in Africa on their wedding day. In an environment of traditions and taboos she tries to deal with her love and loss at the same time she tries to find her own voice.
Aleksandar Krisnjev got lost in the Unknown. Misled by enigmatic characters, he must reach the Ceremony and meet his Shadow.
Emilia, a young woman part of a generation struggling with the consequences of a country's economic crises, desperately tries to hold on to her last hope for a prosperous future.
A mysterious character haunted by a pair of hands has to fight for and discover their identity.
