The Heart’s Root

Year: 2000

Runtime: 118 mins

Language: Portuguese

Director: Paulo Rocha

Drama

During Lisbon’s Saint Anthony festival—a celebration of lovers in the historic quarter—nationalist politician Cato becomes obsessively infatuated with Silvia, a mystical young transvestite he meets at the festivities. When Silvia encounters Vicente, a policeman who arrests and threatens transvestites, she resorts to blackmail. Compromising photos of Cato surface in opposition circles, forcing him to risk everything to save his career.

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