The Portuguese House

The sudden disappearance of his wife plunges Fernando, a calm and methodical geography professor, into disarray. Unable to cope with the void she leaves behind, he assumes the identity of a gardener and begins working in a Portuguese estate. There, he forms an unexpected friendship with Amalia, the enigmatic owner, and slowly finds peace and renewal in a life that isn’t his own.

Avelina Prat (Valencia, 1972) is an architect, screenwriter, and filmmaker. After a rewarding career as a script supervisor on over 30 feature films, she made her directorial debut with Vasil (2022), presented at Seminci. In Una quinta portuguesa, she delves into a reflective, gentle, and deeply humanistic form of storytelling, inspired by a true story. The film has been acclaimed at Málaga and other festivals for its poetic treatment of identity, loss, and redemption.