The Miracle According to Salomé

The Miracle According to Salomé

2004 · 97 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama

Portugal, 1917. The country is experiencing a great political and social agitation and it is said that in Fatima the virgin appeared to three little shepherds. Salomé, a young lady from the province, is one of the many girls who cheers Lisbon brothels, but she is such a special girl that a rich man invites her to live in his house and presents her to the high society of Lisbon. But her past will not stop chasing her and Salomé, who thought that this would be the beginning of a new life, will eventually lose everything by becoming an involuntary character of this miracle that agitated the country...

Directed by Mário Barroso · Written by José Rodrigues Miguéis

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Nicolau Breyner Sertório Cerqueira
Ana Bandeira Salomé
Ricardo Pereira Gabriel
Paulo Pires Mota Santos
Filipe Duarte Tenente Brás
Ana Padrão Dona Rosa
Margarida Miranda Judite
Margarida Vila-Nova Natacha
João Carlos Vaz Joaquim, the chauffeur (as Carlos Vaz)
João Didelet Luciano
Ana Zanatti Laura de Acanto
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