UBI - Universidade da Beira Interior

Mesa Posta is a film that lives off the violence of a life, which is shown in the simplicity of the gestures of the person who plays it. The habits, beliefs and moments of this story are told in the act of setting the table, then the brutality of life is confronted by the beauty and the grace of the objects that make it: the table is set as life is told.

Constantino works as a keeper of flocks during the day and as a keeper of a museum during the night. He works continuously since he has nowhere to live. Aurora passes by him every morning and end of the day. One day she is brave enough to talk to him.

On the edge of a lagoon, a young man watches the horizon, smiling when he sees something far away. However, his contemplation is interrupted by his friend, who calls him to join a meeting between friends. This is the point where it all begins, ends and begins again.

Conceição escapes from the Nursing Home with the help of her grandaughter Lia. The two of them go on a trip to the coast of Algarve in order to watch a bird called Calcamar.

What would we be able to do for love? How far could we go in an extreme situation? Is there a monster inside each one of us waiting to reveal itself? Guilherme is a young man like many others, with dreams and aspirations, until one day his grandfather’s health puts him to test.

A landscape remembers how it developed into the mountain it is today. From glacial tongues to raging wildfires, the story is a reminiscence of the human impact on landscapes.