甫成年的朱利欧告别乡村来到里斯本讨生活，无奈工作难寻，只能认份地跟着叔叔学做鞋匠。 与年轻而命运相仿的管家伊尔达相恋后，对生存与生活的残酷命题有了更深刻的体悟...... 葡萄牙新电影先驱，对当时经济与社会提出最真挚也最具挑战性的大胆诘问，有评论认为由此开端的电影浪潮，间接引发了终结独裁的康乃馨革命。

This Portuguese drama examines the daily life minutiae and intrigues of two scions of society in the rural village where they live. One is a wealthy landowner, the other a widowed aristocrat who lives in a world of her own. "Starting off from a fine novel by Carlos de Oliveira, Fernando Lopes doesn't so mush reconstitute a story, but rather defines an atmosphere parallel to that which exists in the literary work. The erosion of time, the crumbling of an epoch, the decline of a stately home, the disintegration of emotions: the film version of A Bee in the Rain talks about all these things, using a language that is sparse and unpolished, fascinating and at the same time repulsive in its disturbing silence"

音乐剧情片,讲述著名意大利音乐剧作家吉奥瓦尼.里柯迪的传奇人生,晚年的约阿先生体弱多病,生活混乱,心里孤独,但他却爱上了一位漂亮女孩

In Portuguese Africa in 1973, a small platoon of soldiers is stranded, prey both to an unseen guerrilla enemy and to their own doubts about the war they are waging. Twelve years on, an elderly couple, still mourning the death of their son in the African campaign, make one last visit to their surviving children, now grown up and living in Lisbon. Botelho's delicately mesmerising film interweaves these two simple stories, and achieves a contemplative serenity not unlike that of Ozu; hardly surprising or inappropriate in that the contemporary story is indeed a Portuguese update of the Japanese master's Tokyo Story. As the reunion gives rise to painful memories and barely expressed tension, the film charts the family's disappointments and losses with a dry-eyed melancholy, gently proposing a stoic resignation as a response to life's vicissitudes. Botelho never quite matches the emotional power of his mentor. Nevertheless, this is one fine film; watch it peacefully and patiently, and be moved.

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives. Based on the novel of the same name by Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.