Series of 3 short-movies. In 1795, the employee of São Pedro da Cova's priest, while digging at Quinta dos Valinhos, found coal. For the people of this village, the most dramating period of their lives was about to begin. The coal mines and their consequences have delevoped a series of events that are still felt in the present day.The mines were closed in 1970. Many lives were destroyed and the health of the miners suffered irreversible damages. These mines left ruin, hunger, unemployment, misery and analphabetism behind.