War

War

2020 · 104 min · Drama

The recollections of a Portuguese teacher in the present will make us follow his father, Manuel, former fighter in our colonial war and constantly tormented with those memories. He'll walk us through the depths of the physical sites that haunt him - from training barracks to the lakes and gardens of his youth and infatuation - and also to his memory's gulf - war and passion combined, entangled, in a battle that questions or howls immemorial existential doubts.

Directed by José Oliveira · Written by José Lopes

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Luís Miguel Cintra Cabo Mira
Diogo Dória Gomes
José Lopes
Susana Sá Mulher na Boate
Ana Alexandre Psicóloga
Luís Barbosa Soldado Zebedeu
Fernando Castro Sargento Castro
Tiago Lucas Soldado Lucas
Dulce Pascoal Fernanda
Daniel Pereira Filho
António Soares Alferes Soares

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