Hovering Over the Water

Hovering Over the Water
  • Release date: 28 Jun 1996
  • Release year: 1986
  • Runtime: 143 minutes
  • Country: Portugal
  • Keywords: voyeurism, power dynamics, portuguese culture, minimalism, intimacy, psychological tension, manipulation, female body, female protagonist, portuguese artist
Plot:
Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrives looking for Robert.
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