Cast
Isabel de Castro Ruy Furtado Maria Cabral Fernando Heitor Cristina Hauser Henrique Viana
Credits
Written by: 
João Botelho
Plot
In 1971 in Portugal, a young man whose brother has died in the colonial war in Africa, and his family, live through a time of grief and silence, in a quiet drama.
Sinekatalog’s take
A quiet and affecting drama on the colonial war.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (146 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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