A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...
Acting
Vanessa Machado carries the whole damn thing on her back.
Production
Lisbon looks gorgeously bleak, like the city itself is grieving.
Director
Leonel Vieira
Joaquim de Almeida
Rafael
Filipe Duarte
Engenheiro
Ivo Canelas
Brocas
Miguel Borges
Metralha
Margarida Marinho
Isabel
Cristina Cunha
Filipa, Rafael's partner
João Lagarto
Castro Ferraz
Almeno Gonçalves
Piteira
Inês Costa
Maria, Rafael's daughter
Orlando Costa
Pai Metralha
Raquel Maria
Mãe Metralha
Sandra Cóias
Marlene
António Melo
policeman
Joaquim Nicolau
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joaquim de Almeida is Portugal's most exported actor—he's been in everything from Clear and Present Danger to Desperado.
This barely registered domestically, exemplifying how Portuguese cinema of this era struggled to find audiences even at home.
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