Amores de chumbo

Tuca Siqueira

Images from a 1979 report take Miguel (64) and Lúcia (62) back to the past, hours before they celebrated their jet-black wedding. Later, a small garden party welcomes family and friends to toast 43 years of marriage. A hasty trip to São Paulo leads Miguel to find himself 40 years younger, when he sees Maria Eugênia (62). Writer from Pernambuco based in France, she left during the dictatorship without saying goodbye to Miguel, to the militancy, to the country. Researching the argument for his new novel, Maê brings answers to Miguel. The city, history, politics, time and desire trapped in two love stories where there is no room for three lovers. Lúcia remembers letters kept and hidden secretly. Miguel tries to live his instincts and is torn between his current relationship and his old passion. Memory confuses the reality of Maê, Miguel and Lúcia.”