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Hovering Over the Water (1986)
Directed by João César Monteiro
Drama, Romance · 2h 24m
Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.
Cast
Laura Morante
Laura Rossellini
P
Philip J. Spinelli
Robert Jordan
Manuela de Freitas
Sara
Georges Claisse
Antoine
Teresa Villaverde
Rosa
S
Sérgio Antunes
Roberto
R
Rita Figueiredo
Maria
F
Frederick Ooms
2nd Terrorist
H
Haddy Moss
Head Terrorist
G
Gerd Volkmar
1st Terrorist
João César Monteiro
Stavroguine
C
Conceição Guerra
Senhora Amélia
Crew
- Director
- João César Monteiro
- Screenplay
- João César Monteiro
- Director of Photography
- Acácio de Almeida
- Editor
- Manuela Viegas, Leonor Guterres, Marina Carvalho
- Producer
- João César Monteiro
Details
- Original title
- À Flor do Mar
- Release date
- 1986-10-02
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese
- Countries
- Portugal
- Production
- Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Monteiro & Gil, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian