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Bárbara Virgínia (1923-2015) was the first Portuguese filmmaker to make a feature film and the only woman to make a film at the time of the Portuguese dictatorship, as well as being the first female director competing in the first edition of Cannes Film Festival, in 1946. In the 1950’s, Bárbara went to live in São Paulo and did not return to Portugal. Why didn’t she make more movies? Why didn’t she come back to her country of origin? Filmed between Brazil and Portugal, the documentary follows the director Luísa Sequeira in search of Barbara Virginia.