(Ganhar a Vida)

Content: 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.

Countries:

France,

Portugal

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

115 minutes

Year:

2001

Directors:

João Canijo

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Production companies:

Madragoa Filmes,

Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia,

Gemini Films

Actors:

Cidália

Adelino

Celestina

Alda

Orlando

Crews:

Writer

Writer

Writer

Director

Music