A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter about myth, history, religion, and wars. Men approach her; she's cool, on her way to her husband in Bombay. After Cairo, for two evenings divided by a stop in Aden, the captain charms three successful, famous (and childless) women, who talk with wit and intellect, each understanding the others' native tongue, a European union. The captain asks mother and child to join them. He gives the girl a gift. Helena sings. Life can be sweet.
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Cast
- Leonor SilveiraRosa Maria
- Filipa de AlmeidaMaria Joana
- John MalkovichComandante John Walesa
- Catherine DeneuveDelfina
- Stefania SandrelliFrancesca
- Irene PapasHelena
- Luís Miguel CintraHimself
- Ricardo TrêpaOficial
- Júlia BuiselAmiga de Delfina
- David Cardoso
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- Manoel de OliveiraDirector
- Manoel de OliveiraWriter
- Emmanuel MachuelDirector of Photography
- Valérie LoiseleuxEditor
- Paulo BrancoProducer
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