i saw this film yesterday on tv . i have just finish read the book in which the movie be supposedly base . in the opening credit it say this be a free adaptation of eça de queirós novel . i should have turn off my tv at that moment . vera sacramento idea of free adaptation be turn a story about church influence over people and the hypocrisy of people claim morality at the end of the 19th century into a story about sex . in fact and the only thing she adopt from the novel be the sex part and which be only mildly refer in eça de queirós novel . and and of course and the name of some character . a of the character and in the novel and amélia and joão eduardo be victim of church influence . amélia be seduce by father amaro and all the time she be control by him . joão eduardo and her fiancé and be excommungated by the priest and because he dare to criticize them . in this movie and amélia seduces every one she meet and father amaro be just another victim . joão eduardo be a dealer of drug and illegal weapon . vera sacramento have turn a novel which criticize moral costume of an epoch and turn it into just another movie with lot of ( bad ) sex . even bad and her story be completely empty of idea . two wasted hour . eça de queirós surely do not deserve this .