خلاصه داستان : یک سرباز پرتغالی در سال 1917 در جنگل آفریقا گم می شود...

Dreaming of great adventures and of standing up for his homeland, a young Portuguese man enlists in the army during World War I and is sent to the front line in Mozambique, Africa. Left behind by his platoon, he sets out on a grueling trek across the mystic Makua native land, walking for over a thousand kilometers, in search of his dream.

خلاصه داستان : ویسنته، هفده ساله، با برادر نینو، ده ساله، و پدر بیمارش در خانه‌ای متروکه در حومه پایتخت زندگی می‌کند. به نظر می رسد که آنها مادرشان را به یاد نمی آورند و با وجود خلق و خوی پدرشان و غیبت های مکرر او از خانه، بسیار به پدرشان وابسته هستند. یک روز پدر برای همیشه...

Nino, tough but sickly, and his older brother Vicente live in the country with their father. After their father disappears ― we’re never sure why ― murder is suggested. Vicente brings his girlfriend to the house, and a different kind of family is established as the three youngsters grow fiercely protective of each other. But their uncle grows suspicious about the fate of the missing father and forcibly kidnaps Nino, taking him away to the city and leaving Vicente to locate him there.