Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the island of Madeira.
Social & External
The people behind it
Ana Moreira
Sissi / Rosalina / Emília de Sousa / Águeda / Rosamunde
Ricardo Aibéo
João Sanha
Rogério Samora
João de Barros
Maya Booth
Dozy
Margarida Vila-Nova
Leopoldina - 26 anos
Custódia Gallego
Leopoldina - 47 anos
Rita Blanco
D. Antónia
Marcello Urgeghe
Tristão
Joana de Verona
Paulo Filipe
Director de Cena
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