Inquietude

The film is made of three separate stories. All three are about identity and mortality. The first part is called The Immortals. It is adapted from a play by Helder Prista Monteiro. It concerns two well known doctors. One is a father of eighty and the other a son of sixty. They talk about ageing and about death. The second part is called Suzy. It comes from a story by Antonio Patricio. It is set in the nineteen thirties. A young woman dies on the operating table. The third part is Mother of the River. It is taken from a fable by Agustina Bessa-Luis. Its subject is eternal life. The three parts reflect one another like mirrors. Luís Miguel Cintra and José Pinto appear in the hundred and ten minute film, a Portuguese, Swiss, French and Spanish co-production Manoel de Oliveira finished in 1998.