Set in July 2001, as a history professor (Silveira) and her daughter embark in Lisbon on a cruise with stops at the places that fill the historian’s imagination, from Pompeii to the pyramids at Giza. On ship a trio of 20th century goddesses—Delphine (Deneuve), Aphrodite (Stefania Sandrelli), and Helena (Irene Papas)—dine with ship captain John Malkovich, sharing fin-de-siècle regrets in a film sailing in seas darkened by Oliveira’s fin-du-monde mood. (Adapted from Pacific Film Archive notes)