Maria Helena, 57 years old, lives in the small village of Lourel, on the outskirts of Lisbon. Her days are divided by the several chores imposed by household keeping: floor-washing, bathroom cleaning, doing the laundry. This is the story of a housewife who wished to fly faraway but didn’t, perhaps, as she puts it, because she was born “before time”. She goes through the daily routine with all she has left: memories and songs from another time, from a revolution (April, 1974), that fill in the soundtrack of her world and of her days.
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Madalena Miranda Director · Tiago Antunes Editor
First release January 1, 2004 · Produced in Portugal · Original title Estrela da Tarde
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Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
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Portugal
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Original title
Estrela da Tarde
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
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Portugal · January 1, 2004
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