Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor man, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront.
João César Monteiro
as João de Deus
Manuela de Freitas
as Dona Violeta
Luís Miguel Cintra
as Lívio
Henrique Viana
as Police Chief
António Terrinha
as Doctor
Violeta Sarzedas
as Neighbor in the living room
Madalena Lua
as Maid
João Pedro Bénard
as Dairy clerk
Sabina Sacchi
as Mimi
Inês de Medeiros
as Mimi's voice (voice)
Manuel Gomes
as Laurindo
Maria Ângela de Oliveira
as Madre de Deus