The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family
RomanceHistoryDrama
The tragedy and comedy in Carlos' life begins, grows and ends like the tragedy and comedy of Portugal. In the company of his close friend, João da Ega, allegedly a brilliant writer, Carlos, with his idle existence as an aristocratic doctor, spends his time to enjoying friends and lovers. Until he falls in love. She is a new character in this revolutionary novel. It's a vertiginous passion that goes beyond that past gloominess to reach a new and darker abyss, incest.
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A sweeping, melancholic saga of doomed love and aristocratic ennui. It feels like a faded photograph, capturing the slow decay of a family and a nation with a deeply romantic, yet tragic, sensibility.
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