Where the Sun Beats
MovieTitle | Onde Bate o Sol |
User score | 5.3 |
Release date | Sep 10, 1989 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Joaquim Pinto |
Production country | Portugal |
Production companies | G.E.R. (Grupo de Estudos e Realizações) |
Run time | 88 min. |
Laura lives in the country with her considerably older husband. When Nuno, her brother who study in Lisbon, pays a visit, he realizes that his sister does not have a happy life. He initiates a friendship with a worker on the farm. The circumstances turn Laura and Nuno against each other... Portrays the repressed sexuality and homosexual desire in a rural setting and elliptically and delicately the small farming community that serves as the backdrop for the impossible relationships pursued by Laura and her brother.