On the outskirts of Lisbon, a mother and aunt share a flat and a series of compromises to hold their family together. Over one week, the son falls in with a local dealer, the daughter begins an affair with a married teacher, and the private bargains each woman has made with her life start to unravel. João Canijo's austere, close-miked drama was Portugal's submission for the 2012 Oscars and is one of the most unflinching recent works of Portuguese social realism.
