ALGODÃO A FRIO

On a routine trip to the self-service laundry, Sara (Diana Sousa Lara) witnesses young Nuno (Vítor Silva Costa) being hit by a car and running away. Compelled by the pain of the moment, Sara helps him hide in the laundry room, but first he asks her to keep a chequebook.

She soon regrets this decision when the mysterious Jorge (Paulo Calatré) enters the laundry looking for Nuno. Sara breathes a sigh of relief when Noémia (Catarina Avelar), the first of five customers, comes in to do the washing. A few moments later they are joined by security guard Américo (Dinarte Branco) and village fool Santos (Rodrigo Saraiva). But the problems intensify with the arrival of Fafá (Ana Marta Ferreira), who closes the laundry's grille to protect herself from a pack of mongrel dogs.