La viuda

After the death of her husband, Maria Leonor, mother of two children, feels overwhelmed by the difficulties in managing her estate in Alentejo, the expectations of society and the tight control of her environment. After a few months in deep depression, she finally decides to face her responsibility as the owner of the land, but her heart is tormented by a secret sin: despite the mourning, her desire has not been quenched. Amid musings about the essence of love, the passage of time and the dazzling changes in nature, the young widow spends her nights awake, spying on the loves of her maids and suffering her own loneliness. Until two very different men break into her life and her fate unexpectedly falters.