Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Monteiro & Gil, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
- Keyword: sea, beach, widow, poem, longing, vacation, love, grief, terrorism
- Cast: Laura Morante, Philip J. Spinelli, Manuela de Freitas, Georges Claisse, Teresa Villaverde, Sérgio Antunes