The setting is a cramped, chilly room off a desolate courtyard, sometime in the late nineteenth century, where a poor, elderly couple, Gebo (Michael Lonsdale) and Doroteia (Claudia Cardinale), are haunted by the eight-year absence of their prodigal son, whose wife, Sofia (Leonor Silveira), they have taken in.

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His chilly silences might be a formidable weapon in the conference room, his cerebral qualities were undisputed, but to the voter he was seen as a cold fish.

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What better place to hold our Great Outdoors event than right here, inside the East Room. (Laughter.) We thought it might be a little chilly for some of you.

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The guest rooms and suites also feature an intelligent-thermostat system, though when I visited, it wasn't hitting on all cylinders: My room was perpetually chilly, and my clothes and sheets slightly damp--humidity being a major annoyance in this seaside megacity.

FORBES: The Oberoi, Mumbai