Rio Turvo

A bizarre and tragic ballad of an impossible love between a nameless topographer and Leonor in a swamp soon to be destroyed by the forces of Man She Teresa Salgueiro ethereal voice of Madredeus is the swampflower protégée of a Socratic Director and his goat Plato In a world without women she is kept safe from the temptations of the flesh by her strict and grotesque Aunt The soundtrack entirely played by the workers fado and bossa nova singers reveals parallel narratives of suspicion and conspiracy that unfold to the pace of the unconscious leading to a confrontation between Man and River Inspired by a hypnotic story by Branquinho da Fonseca 19051974