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Hovering Over the Water (1986)

Hovering Over the Water (1986)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1986, October 2
Directors: João César Monteiro
Countries: Portugal
Production: Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Monteiro & Gil, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Cast: Laura Morante, Rita Figueiredo, Manuela de Freitas, Georges Claisse, Sérgio Antunes, Frederick Ooms, Haddy Moss, Gerd Volkmar, Conceição Guerra

Overview:

Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.

Keywords:

grief terrorism love beach sea poem widow longing vacation