Portugal / May 04, 2001
1h 55min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ganhar a Vida |
| Original language | Português (PT) |
| Spoken languages | Français, Português |
| Production countries | France, Portugal |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Madragoa Filmes, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Gemini Films |
| Release date | 4 maggio 2001 |
| Production | Paulo Branco |
| Writer | Pierre Hodgson, João Canijo, Celine Pouillon |
| Editing | João Braz |
| Cinematography | Mário Castanheira |
| Assistant directors | João Canijo |
| Camera operators | Mário Castanheira |
| Additional photography | Mário Castanheira |
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| Production design | Mayanna von Ledebur |
| Art direction | Mayanna von Ledebur |
| Set decoration | Mayanna von Ledebur |
| Music | Alexandre Soares |
| Sound | Alexandre Soares |
Release dates
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