TMDb Rating
7.0/10
6 verified votes
Get a Life (2001)
Drama
115 min
Plot Summary
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.
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Keywords to include
DramaJoão CanijoRita BlancoAdriano Luz2001
Director
João Canijo
Top Cast
Rita BlancoAdriano LuzTeresa MadrugaAlda GomesOlivier Leite
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