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Civil War

5.6

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Original title

Guerra Civil

Year

2010

Running time

94 min.

Country

Portugal

Director

Pedro Caldas

Screenwriter

Pedro Caldas, João Gusmão

Cast

Cinematography

Leonardo Simões

Producer

Blackmaria

Genre

Drama | Teen/coming-of-age. 1980s

Synopsis

Its the summer of 1982 at a southern beach. Rui and his parents are living inside their own isolated worlds, unaware of the failure which defines them as a family and condemns them to a lonely survival uneasiness. Rui is about to have his final term exam, but the only thing that interest him is music and defining the unknown through sketches anddrawings. Only Joana manages to get him out of his autism. The girl’s vigour fascinates him.Helena is not able to connect with her son. While waiting for her husband, she has an affair with Zé, a 20 years younger man. And the summer is coming to an end.

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Civil War

2010

Pedro Caldas

5.6

(24)