Overview
After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.
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Setting
Set in Lisbon
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Sequels
Followed by In Vanda's Room
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Collection
Part of The Fontainhas Collection
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Emmanuel Machuel
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Pedro CostaScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 14, 1997
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Denmark, France, Portugal
- Collection
- The Fontainhas Collection
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In the United States
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