A powerful film about family, political corruption, and a mother’s love.

During 1970s Brazil, under a dictatorship, The Pavia family endure hardships when their father, a leftist retired congressman, suddenly disappears with a group of unknown people who are posing as authorities. 

Eunice, the main protagonist and matriarch, naturally charming and cunning, goes to far lengths over many years to seek justice for her husbands’ kidnapping and to preserve his legacy. We, along with Eunice, are kept in the dark…