150 years of animosity between two families are the driving force behind O Tempo e o Vento (Time and the Wind), the epic film adaptation of Érico Veríssimo’s eponymous trilogy of books, which tells the story of the establishment and division of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
At the end of the 19th century, as the Terra-Cambará family is preparing to defend its manor from the approaching Amaral clan, a matriarch, played by the Oscar-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, receives a visit from her deceased husband, with whom she relives the trajectory of their love and their family.
O Tempo e o Vento is released on DVD on 12 December 2013. The film is Portuguese only.