Madalena

A Macau photographed with elegant realism forms the backdrop to the life of Lina a Chinese immigrant working both as a waitress in a restaurant and as a hostess in a bar in order to save money to join her mother and daughter in China By chance she meets taxi driver Mada also an immigrant from China Both have a past they want to forget and love feels like it might be their last chance to avoid being alone But as is always the case in a melodrama the past isnt easily tamed