Get a Life
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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Get a Life
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
May 4, 2001
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Drama
User Score
68%
Original Title
Ganhar a Vida
Production Companies
Madragoa Filmes, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Gemini Films
Director
João Canijo
Description
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.