Andres is a wealthy Brazilian businessman and art collector who meets Sofia and Naïma at a nightclub and invites them onto his yacht. He flirts with Sofia, has sex with her, and pays for the cousins' luxury purchases. Later, he falsely accuses them of stealing an antique sextant, secretly replaces it, and shows no remorse when Philippe notices.
A sergeant serving amid the retreat and civilian suffering. He asks Maureen to marry him and offers to accept her child as his own, but she refuses because she is still grieving Percy and insists that he is not dead. His proposal shows his attempt to offer Maureen and her child care and stability.
Carlos Cardoso is a Portuguese worker who has been injured and is still not paying what he owes for his accommodation and transport. Richard urges Tânia to be less sympathetic toward him, while Tânia grows increasingly worried when Carlos stops coming to work and cannot be reached. His uncertain fate becomes a continuing source of tension between her and Richard.
A caporal among the survivors of the Legion's retreat, Lisbonne is named with the small group still facing Japanese soldiers near the border. He shares the dangerous final stretch with Janiçki, Karlson, Volmann, Trefeuil, and Tinh, as the survivors confront a captured deserter and struggle to continue.
Carmine's son and a musician, Furio is put in charge of transforming the shabby hotel, with Mattia assisting him. He warns Carmine that the foundations are rotten, then becomes embroiled in the effort to deal with a threatening municipal official. His claim that he put the official "back on the right path" angers Carmine and deepens their conflict.
A militant enemy identified by Professor Peninha as part of the dangerous communinja movement. One Comuninja is captured alive by Capitão Falcão and subjected to interrogation, but the prisoner’s side uses the encounter to discover the captain’s location and advance its wider campaign.
Mário is the father of a missing child and the central figure of the story. For 193 days, he repeats the route taken on the day the child disappeared, builds a surveillance network at possible locations and the airport, and reviews countless recordings, moving between renewed hope and despair as he searches for a clue.
Vitor is an old acquaintance Jeanne reconnects with in Lisbon and is now a choir teacher. Although he has a wife and child, he becomes involved with Jeanne in an affair. Jeanne later confronts him about it and leaves, making their relationship part of her continuing emotional confusion and inability to find stability.
Nuno Lopes has 48 screen credits in a career dating back to 1996. Their work is anchored in the Trilogy of God universe with 1 titles. Signature works include Bad Living, White Lines, Lines of Wellington. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
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