1918. Amadeo leaves for Espinho with Lucie and her sisters Graça and Helena. Pneumonic influenza is rampant in Amarante, and Espinho seems like a safer place.

1916. Amadeo is discharged from military service. Reinvigorated, he presents his father with a budget that would allow him to relaunch his career in Paris. With his father's support secured, he returns to painting with enthusiasm.

Paris, 1953. Almada Negreiros and Sara Afonso visit Lucy Pecetto, widow of the painter Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. In Lucie's apartment, Amadeo's works transport us to Manhufe, in northern Portugal, in 1916. The Great War ravages...