Tânia recruits Portuguese migrant workers for a turkey factory and finds them accommodation in hotels she manages with Richard, who calls her “Mother” to the workers. She tries to keep the operation running while witnessing the workers’ debts and harsh conditions. Her ambitions to renovate the hotels and build a better future conflict with her loyalties to the workers, including her concern for Carlos Cardoso.
Leonor is Guilherme and Sofia's unconventional mother, who occasionally looks in on them while they live in the family mansion. After the grandmother's death, she decides to sell the ancestral home, a choice that forces Guilherme to move in with Paul and significantly changes his already unstable situation.
A deaf woman Frankie meets at an organization. She coaches him in lip-reading, becomes his intimate partner, and helps him adapt to his deafness using visual and tactile methods. She disapproves of his manager's insensitive exploitation of his disability and ultimately leaves the music business with him to start a family.
One of the titular women and the central protagonist. Her personal journey and relationships form the core of this LGBT-themed narrative set in Lisbon.
A young, spirited Portuguese woman who arrives in Mozambique to marry Luís. She soon realizes that he has changed from the ambitious mathematics student she knew in Lisbon. When he leaves for the colonial war, she is left alone and explores the city, embracing a freedom unusual for her time.
Luísa is Mário’s wife and the mother of their missing daughter. Frightened and overwhelmed, she urges Mário to keep searching and tells him she cannot bear to be alone. Her distress and Mário’s growing fixation show how the disappearance is straining their relationship and daily life.
She is the mother and the family's main provider during the economic crisis. She works two jobs and returns home exhausted after working double shifts, while her husband is homeless. Her exhaustion, sacrifice, and unspoken guilt affect her relationship with her daughter and contribute to the family's silent tension.
Professora is one of Pedro’s teachers. She tries to persuade students to reflect on consciousness, freedom, and the lives they want to lead, offering a contrast to Pedro’s growing disengagement from school. The summary does not describe her relationship with the family beyond her role in the students’ school life.
Beatriz Batarda has 54 screen credits in a career dating back to 1979. Signature works include Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures, The Forsyte Saga, In the Darkness of the Night. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
