“‘Ana examines emotions from childhood that are re-born in other forms, with other faces, that have even become other emotions.' Antonio Reis and Margarida Cordeiro
“Using extracts from the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, as well as other texts, Ana delicately captures the evolution of a child's emotional life. The directors, whose previous film, Tras-Os-Montes, was perhaps the most influential Portuguese documentary of the seventies, apply their powers of quiet, insightful observation to a fictional format with resounding success. Small, daily incidents, recorded in an unobtrusive, almost restrained style, build upon each other to chart the process of separation between a woman and her young son.” Richard Pena, The Film Center