Film
Get a Life
2001· 1h 55m· Drama
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.
2001-05-04
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorJoão Canijo
WriterCeline Pouillon
ProducerPaulo Branco
Director of PhotographyMário Castanheira
EditorJoão Braz
Full cast & crew (13 cast · 9 crew)
Details
Released2001-05-04
Runtime1h 55m
StatusReleased
StudiosMadragoa Filmes · Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia · Gemini Films
LanguagesFrench · Portuguese
CountriesFrance · Portugal
Rating7.3/10 · 7 votes
Original languagept
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