Three generations grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in Sintra, Portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens and fairy-tale villas and palaces.
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Writers:
Ira Sachs (screenplay), Mauricio Zacharias (screenplay)
Stars:
Clearly playing a role written specially fro her, Academy Award nominee French actress Isabelle Huppert play a famous French actress like herself, who gathers her extended family for one last summer vacation.
The film is set in Portugal’s Sintra, made even more beautiful by cinematographer Ruiz Pocas, with repeated scenes of idyllic mountainside town with lush forests. The characters move around on cobble-stoned pavements in an ancient looking town.
There is not much story or purpose in the film except to glorify Huppert who probably does not need any more glorification. The simple story unfolds over a day…
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