This is a remarkable and tender romance curtailed, broken by character flaws, yet one that leaves the audience still in love with the protagonists, in all their fractured ways.

Klinger shoots the backstreets of Porto with a certain affection, a grainy aesthetic that evokes a sense of romanticism that derives from classic cinema, but this film deviates far off the typical Hollywood path.

Struggles to convey its passions, despite considerable effort from its two leads, an intuitive soundtrack and handsome photography.