Movie

Get a Life (2001)

• May 4, 2001
• 1h 55m

• Drama

Overview

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.

Director

João Canijo

Writers

Pierre Hodgson, João Canijo, Celine Pouillon

Starring

Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Teresa Madruga