Hacienda

The fifth feature film by famous Portuguese director Tiago Guedes opens with a beautiful and stunning scene, but a series of tragedies occurred in a quiet rural town, which forever changed the life of Joao Fernandez. Twenty years later, Portugal was ruled by the right-wing Second Republic. By this time, Joao was already a wealthy landowner and the most opinionated leader of the family. The family power led by Joao will occupy an important position in Portuguese history for more than 40 years. Not only will it contend with turbulent political and social changes, but the family's long-buried secrets and lies will also come to light. Director Guedes uses the realistic story of 19th-century Portuguese writer Jose Maria Eca de Queiroz as the main axis to create a unique artistic perspective, focusing on how the internal relationships of a traditional extended family are affected by the outside world. The result is, as another 19th-century writer said: "All solid things will eventually disintegrate."