A lyrical historical drama based on the extraordinary true story of Manuel Teixeira Gomes, a brilliant, uninhibited writer who unexpectedly became the President of Portugal in 1923. While navigating the rising tide of European fascism, his unconventional lifestyle, open sensuality, and controversial age-gap romances make him a prime target for intense political slander by his conservative opponents. Refusing to compromise his humanist values, he resigns from office after just 26 months to board a cargo ship named Zeus—slipping into a self-imposed North African exile to live out his remaining years focused entirely on freedom, literature, and his passions.