Pedro and Inês are Portugal's Romeo and Juliet. According to the legend, the prince was in love with Inês, after being married to Constança, and went to live with his mistress after his wife died. The king did not approve and had Inês killed. In a fit of rage, Pedro ripped the hearts out of the killers and crowned the corpse Inês as his queen.
The movie re-enacts the legend but also shows two different stories, one set in the present and another set in what seems to be a post-apocalyptic future. In the present, Pedro is an architect in his father's atelier and he hires Inês because he's in love with her (which would count as sexual harassment, I guess). In the future, they all live in a hippie commune and Pedro is married to Constança but then Inês shows up at the commune and he falls in love with her. All of these stories end up with the women dead.
Though the historical re-enactment is the best I've seen in Portuguese cinema, the movie falls short of being recommendable due to mediocre acting (this is what you get when you hire soap opera actors), the dull narration from Pedro and a boring and predictable plot. Skippable and unnecessary.
The movie re-enacts the legend but also shows two different stories, one set in the present and another set in what seems to be a post-apocalyptic future. In the present, Pedro is an architect in his father's atelier and he hires Inês because he's in love with her (which would count as sexual harassment, I guess). In the future, they all live in a hippie commune and Pedro is married to Constança but then Inês shows up at the commune and he falls in love with her. All of these stories end up with the women dead.
Though the historical re-enactment is the best I've seen in Portuguese cinema, the movie falls short of being recommendable due to mediocre acting (this is what you get when you hire soap opera actors), the dull narration from Pedro and a boring and predictable plot. Skippable and unnecessary.