Where the Sun Beats

Year: 1989

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: Portuguese

Director: Joaquim Pinto

Drama

Laura lives in the countryside with a much older husband. When her brother Nuno, a student from Lisbon, visits, he sees her unhappiness and befriends a farm worker, creating tension with Laura. The film examines repressed sexuality and homosexual desire in a small rural farming community, showing the impossible relationships that arise.

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