Limite (1931) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

Three people drift at sea while flashbacks reveal episodes of escape, marital unhappiness, and a widower's painful discovery.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

Adrift Without Hope

A man and two women are stranded in a rowboat at sea. Exhausted and hopeless, they stop rowing and allow the currents to carry them.

Key Events

• Three Stranded in a Rowboat — A man and two women drift at sea in a rowboat. Location: At sea
• They Stop Rowing — Tired and without hope, the three stop rowing and let the currents carry them. Location: At sea

The Seamstress on the Run

A flashback shows a seamstress escaping prison with a guard's help and attempting to begin again in a new city. A newspaper tells her that police are still looking for her, forcing her to flee once more.

Key Events

• The Seamstress Escapes Prison — A guard helps a seamstress escape from prison. Location: Prison
• A New City and Renewed Pursuit — The seamstress tries to start over, then sees in a newspaper that police are still looking for her. Location: A city
• The Seamstress Flees Again — After learning she remains wanted, the seamstress has to flee again. Location: A city

An Unhappy Marriage

Another flashback recounts a woman leaving her alcoholic pianist husband. She is tired of his coldness and lack of care.

Key Events

• A Wife Leaves Her Marriage — A woman leaves her unhappy marriage to an alcoholic pianist, worn down by his coldness and lack of care. Location: Not specified

The Widower's Revelation

The widower recalls falling in love with a married woman. At his late wife's grave, the woman's husband tells him that she had leprosy.

Key Events

• The Widower Falls in Love — The widower recalls falling in love with a married woman. Location: Not specified
• A Visit to His Wife's Grave — The widower visits the grave of his late wife. Location: A cemetery
• The Husband Reveals the Illness — At the grave, the married woman's husband tells the widower that she had leprosy. Location: A cemetery

The Drift Continues

The film returns to the three figures in the rowboat, still carried by the currents. Their pasts have emerged through the flashbacks, while the boat remains adrift.

Key Events

• The Boat Continues Drifting — The three remain adrift as their pasts have been revealed through flashbacks. Location: At sea

Story Breakdown

• The Stranded Boat — A man and two women drift at sea, exhausted and without hope.
  • Aimless Drifting — The three are stranded in a rowboat carried by the currents.
  • Abandoned Oars — They stop rowing and let the currents take them.
• The Prison Escape — A seamstress escapes prison with help from a guard.
  • Guard's Assistance — The guard helps the seamstress escape.
  • Flight from Prison — The seamstress leaves prison and tries to start over.
• The Newspaper Warning — The seamstress discovers that the police are still looking for her.
  • A New City — She attempts to begin again in a new city.
  • Another Flight — After reading the newspaper, she has to flee again.
• The Broken Marriage — A woman leaves an unhappy marriage to an alcoholic pianist.
  • Pianist's Coldness — His coldness and lack of care contribute to her unhappiness.
  • Leaving the Marriage — Tired of the marriage, she leaves her husband.
• The Widower's Love — The widower recalls falling in love with a married woman.
  • A Married Woman — The woman he loves is married.
  • The Widower's Recollection — His past is revealed while the rowboat drifts.
• The Graveyard Revelation — At his late wife's grave, the widower learns a painful fact about the woman he loved.
  • Visit to the Grave — The widower visits his late wife's grave.
  • Leprosy Revealed — The married woman's husband tells him that she had leprosy.

Directed by

Mário Peixoto

Key Cast

• Olga Breno — First woman
• Tatiana Rey — Second woman
• Raul Schnoor — First man
• Brutus Pedreira — Second man
• Carmen Santos — Woman eating a fruit