A Máquina De Fazer Espanhóis by Valter Hugo Mãe

An elderly widower, uprooted after his wife’s death and sent to a care home, confronts the erosion of memory, identity and dignity while reflecting on his past and Portugal’s changing world; through encounters with fellow residents and moments of tenderness, humor and bitterness he wrestles with loneliness, mortality and the possibility of small acts of understanding and renewal.