Ruas da Amargura

Ruas da Amargura

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 5, 2009

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Ruas da Amargura

Production Companies

Real Ficção

Director

Rui Simões

Description

The paths of pain are populated by men and women of all ages, suffering from lack of affection, lack of money, mental problems, alcoholism and drug addiction, or they are simply people who have come to Portugal in search of a life that is a little better. On the other side of this path there is a veritable anthill of volunteers, social welfare workers and different technical assistants who construct and maintain support structures, some of them thinking of better days, and others institutionalising this help without believing that the phenomenon can be cured.