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Hovering Over the Water

Hovering Over the Water

Feb 24, 1993 2h 17m
7.2
16 votes

Synopsis

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 arrive looking for Robert.

Title Hovering Over the Water
Companies Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Monteiro & Gil, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Countries Portugal
Keywords sea, beach, widow, poem, longing, vacation, love, grief, terrorism