Young Hermes, sheltered in his attic, dives in a whimsical spiral of emotions after he accidentally watches the suicide of his grandfather, from whom he inherited his name, his contradictions, and a weird obsession with everything that happened in the year of 1947.
João Pedro Prates
Hermes
Bruno Barcelos
Narrador
Airton de Oliveira
Tio
Carina Dias
Mãe
Clemente Viscaíno
Velho Hermes
Young Hermes, sheltered in his attic, dives in a whimsical spiral of emotions after he accidentally watches the suicide of his grandfather, from whom he inherited his name, his contradictions, and a weird obsession with everything that happened in the year of 1947.
The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the responsibility of a six-man Evacuation Committee to relocate the townsfolk to higher ground. Most have duly departed, but a few stubborn stragglers remain – among them a priest caring for a sickly orphan, a boy whose fevered visions are leading him to believe he is a member of a roaming band of lost angels desperately searching for a way home.
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.
After an affair with a queen leads to his demise, an eager traveler encounters a mystical bird with the power to give him another life.
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.