In 1971, António Lobo Antunes' life is brutally interrupted when he is drafted into the Portuguese Army to serve as a doctor in one of the worst zones of the Colonial War – the East of Angola. Away from everything dear he writes letters to his wife while he is immersed in an increasingly violent setting. While he moves between several military posts he falls in love for Africa and matures politically. At his side, an entire generation struggles and despairs for the return home. In the uncertainty of war events, only the letters can make him survive.
Miguel Nunes
Margarida Vila-Nova
Ricardo Pereira
João Pedro Vaz
Simão Cayatte
Isac Graça
Francisco Hestnes Ferreira
João Pedro Mamede
Sérgio Sá Cunha
Tiago Aldeia
Cândido Ferreira
João Nunes Monteiro
João Pinhão
Welket Bungué
Hugo Tourita
Maria João Abreu
Miguel Raposo
Tiago Araújo
João Arrais
João Veloso