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Hovering Over the Water

7.519862h 23mMovieDramaRomance

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…

DirectorJoão César Monteiro
WriterJoão César Monteiro
ProducerJoão César Monteiro

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Cast · Directed by João César Monteiro

LMLaura Morante
Laura Morante
Laura Rossellini
PS
Philip J. Spinelli
Robert Jordan
MF
Manuela de Freitas
Sara
GCGeorges Claisse
Georges Claisse
Antoine
TVTeresa Villaverde
Teresa Villaverde
Rosa
SA
Sérgio Antunes
Roberto
RF
Rita Figueiredo
Maria
FO
Frederick Ooms
2nd Terrorist
HM
Haddy Moss
Head Terrorist
GV
Gerd Volkmar
1st Terrorist
JMJoão César Monteiro
João César Monteiro
Stavroguine
CG
Conceição Guerra
Senhora Amélia

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