Get a Life

Get a Life

115 mins | Drama | May 4, 2001

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.

Get a Life

115 mins | Drama | May 4, 2001

Get a Life
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Gemini Films, Madragoa Filmes, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM)
Original title Ganhar a Vida
Directors João Canijo
Writers Celine Pouillon, João Canijo, Pierre Hodgson

Cast

Rita Blanco

as Cidália

Adriano Luz

as Adelino

Teresa Madruga

as Celestina

Alda Gomes

as Alda

Olivier Leite

as Orlando

Maria David

as Lúcia

Yvette Caldas

as Fátima

Jinie Rainho

as Jinie

Adélia Baltazar

as Fernanda

Luis Rego

as Adérito

António Ferreira

as Manuel

Tiago Manaïa

as Álvaro