Idealistic and cosmopolitan, Evita arrives in 1970s bustling Lorenzo Marques to marry Luis. A soldier in the Portuguese army, Luis is defending the "Portuguese empire" from those seeking self-rule. But despite the upbeat publicity, all is not well in the colonies.
Evita finds that Luis' enquiring mind has been obliterated by the pervasive violence of his job. And when Luis' unit goes on a last ditch operation, she is left alone in the city, her only friend the wife of Luis' superior, Helena who confines herself to her house and obsesses about the army's casualty statistics.
Evita's curiosity is sparked by sinister, hushed up deaths in the local black population. When she meets a journalist to discuss the matter, her loneliness combines with political and sexual rebellion to form a dangerous liaison.




Portugal, 2004, 120mins, Portuguese with English subtitles
Director: Margarida Cardoso