SAUDADE. (n) • a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or that has been loved and then lost; "the love that remains". After her mother passes away from cervical cancer, nineteen-year-old Iyla Watson is battling her way through the grief, as well as seeking treatment for her ongoing depression. She feels as if she's drowning and no one can save her. Until a twenty-one-year-old Rudy Harrison appears suddenly and teaches her how to swim. © meglousha 2020. All rights reserved. Rewritten based on the 2017 version of the same name.