Um beijo de Colombina

Synopsis of Um beijo de Colombina

Adriana Lisboa uses the craft of writing to delve into the mysteries surrounding the most intimate relationships. When the young writer Teresa disappeared in the sea of Mangaratiba, she left behind two recently won literary awards, an unfinished novel, and a poem by Manuel Bandeira hanging on a refrigerator magnet. Faced with his girlfriend's possible suicide, João, a Latin teacher, clings to literature to overcome the loss. Settled in Teresa's apartment, João finds an old edition of Manuel Bandeira with the writer's notes in the margins. From this discovery, he begins to unravel his girlfriend's enigmatic personality, as well as to traverse the geography traced decades earlier by Bandeira in the city of Rio.