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Paraíso Perdido (1995)
Directed by Alberto Seixas Santos
Drama · 1h 30m
Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl meets a man about fifty years old who tries various times, unsuccessfully, to make the sign of the cross. The man is called Cristovão. A few days later the two meet again. The man offers to help her look for her father. A relationship based on memories and confessions is formed between them. But soon they each return to their own solitude.
Cast
Maria de Medeiros
Cristina Pratas
Rui Mendes
Cristovão
Manuela de Freitas
Inês
Carlos Daniel
Helder
Filipe Ferrer
Orlando
Luís Santos
Velho Retornado
M
Mário Sargedas
Abel Caldeira
L
Luís Mata
Retornado
Rui Luís
Coffee Shop Owner
José Manuel Mendes
Antunes
Carlos Coelho
André
J
João Sarabando
Saul Pratas
Crew
- Director
- Alberto Seixas Santos
- Screenplay
- António Cabrita, Alberto Seixas Santos
- Director of Photography
- João Rocha
- Editor
- José Nascimento
- Producer
- António da Cunha Telles
Details
- Release date
- 1995-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Portugal