In the heart of Portugal, amid the mountains, the month of August is abuzz with people and activity. Emigrants return home, set off fireworks, fight fires, sing karaoke, hurl themselves from bridges, hunt wild boar, drink beer, make babies. If the director and film crew had got straight to it and resisted the temptation to join in the festivities the synopsis would come down to: the film follows the affective relationship between a father and daughter, and the daughters cousin, all musicians in a dance band. In his sophomore feature, Gomes blends fiction and documentary, including himself and his crew alongside a cast of nonprofessional actors as they navigate this adventurous, captivating work in progress — a charming, unconventional road movie that you can’t help but fall in love with.