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Get a Life (2001)

Get a Life (2001)

Drama
Release Date: 2001, May 4
Directors: João Canijo
Countries: France, Portugal
Production: Madragoa Filmes, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Gemini Films
Cast: Rita Blanco, Yvette Caldas, Teresa Madruga, Adriano Luz, Alda Gomes, Luis Rego, Tiago Manaïa, Olivier Leite, Maria David, Jinie Rainho, Adélia Baltazar

Overview:

During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between a youth gang and the cops in a suburb of Paris. Cidalia, a 36 year old cleaning woman, his mother, decides to defy the code of silence of the Portuguese community and tries to find the truth. She losses her friends, her job and her family but gains a life.