Estefânia is an old, rich, strict catholic woman, and when she sets her eyes on a couple of servants who have no means to bring up properly their youngest son, António, she decides to move her influences in order to make a priest out of him. The parents accept it, the local priest and even the Seminar's rector accept it, and António accepts it - if not for piety, for obeyance to his parents. Once time goes by, and António is out of rural misery and into the prison-like system of a seminar, doubts and anguishes mount within him.
| Release Date | October 17, 1980 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Manhã Submersa | |
| Runtime | 2h 11min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Original Language | Portuguese | |
| Production Countries | Portugal | |
| Production Companies | L.A. Produções CinematográficasInstituto Português do Cinema (IPC) | |