Redemption

On January 21 st 1975, in a village in the north of Portugal, a child (Passos Coelho) writes to his parents who are in Angola to tell them how sad Portugal is. On July 13 th 2011, in Milan, an old man (Silvio Berlusconi) remembers his first love. On May 6 th 2012, in Paris, a man (Nicolas Sarkozy) tells his baby daughter that he will never be a real father. During a wedding ceremony on September 3 rd 1977 in Leipzig, the bride (Angela Merkl) battles against a Wagner opera that she can’t get out of her head.