在这部拳击手贝拉米诺剧情/传记/纪录片片中,葡萄牙新電影代表作品之一，也是當時少見的紀錄片，結構與鏡頭語言的運用尤其大膽前衛。這是一部以拳手貝拉米諾為主角的影片，退休了的他侃侃而談，尋找生活的新步調，擂臺上下，過去如今，酒吧裡外，大量特寫鏡頭的訪問與生活片段的雙軌敘事交叉並進，在既寫實又富含戲劇性的筆觸下，描繪出一幅名為「人生」的生命肖像。
Former boxing champion Belarmino answers a psychological facing the camera in close-up. Then the camera follows him in his daily routine, at home with his family, oggling the women and working as doorman to a night-club, as well as the of training and boxing sessions.
