Films

In a secluded corner of the island of Madeira, obscure and suspended in time, lives the large Ruel family. At its head is Maurício, an authoritarian patriarch who shares the household with his mother Zulmira, his wife Rosária, and their four children, in a domestic routine where a fragile balance of respect and fear prevails. Only Rafael dares to oppose his father, and after a violent quarrel he abandons the family home for years — until the day he receives a letter announcing his father’s illness. Returning to his homeland, he finds it transformed, irreparably immersed in strange beliefs and superstitions. Faith in popular myth becomes the catalyst for a spiral of disorder that will consume the small community. Behind this 100% Madeiran production is the comedy group 4Litro, who, between laughter and chills, capture a vibrant local culture that resists oblivion and keeps alive the spark of self-reflection.