Five women are running an old hotel and trying to save it from inexorable decay. Guests arrive over the course of a weekend: a couple be ars the w ounds of a long -term misunde rstanding; a dominee ring mother int erferes in her daughter’s relationship;  two girls try to sa ve thei r own l ove story in  the face of opposition  from a possessi ve mother. Vive r Mal is t he reve rse shot of  Mal Viver, whi ch is screenin g in the Comp etition: her e, João Canijo reveals e verything tha t was floating in the dept h of field in this film’s mi rror im age. Reality b ecomes th e intertwin ing and mu ltiplicatio n of different  points of  view; the in tersection b etween w hat can be se en and w hat the eye m isses. Like a play of light  reflect ions, Viver Ma l is Mal Viver  in another dimensi on. The image  is distor ted, but at the same tim e seeks a new d efinition b y relaunchi ng itself into  infinity.　 　Five wom en are runnin g an old hotel and  trying to  save it from inexorable dec ay. Guests arr ive ove