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Longe da Vista (1999)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 22M

Director : João Mário Grilo
Writer : Paulo Filipe Monteiro, João Mário Grilo

Synopsis

In order to make some much-needed cash for himself, 65-year-old Portuguese prison inmate Eugenio impersonates a young woman and begins a romantic correspondence with a lonely Portuguese truck-driver living in Boston, convincing him that her tragic life has culminated in financial dire straits so he will send money. At first Eugenio's sister Idalina assists him in creating the character of Maria da Luz. Touched by her sweetness and apparent loving nature, the trucker willingly sends her money. When Idalina starts fearing they will be caught, she backs out of her arrangement with Eugenio who then convinces his young cellmate Vasco to help write the letters and even sends a picture of himself at age seven to "prove" that Maria has a young son. As prison life exacts an increasingly heavy toll upon Eugenio's health, his feminine alter-ego helps sustain him.

Actors

Canto e Castro
Canto e Castro
Eugénio
Francisco Nascimento
Francisco Nascimento
Vasco
Henrique Viana
Henrique Viana
Abel
Zita Duarte
Zita Duarte
Idalina
Rita Blanco
Rita Blanco
Rute
Rogério Samora
Rogério Samora
Warden
José Mora Ramos
José Mora Ramos
Chief Guard
Heitor Lourenço
Heitor Lourenço
Guard #1
José Pinto
José Pinto
Barbas
Fernando Heitor
Fernando Heitor
Paramedic
Catarina Furtado
Catarina Furtado
Visitor
Paulo Oom
Paulo Oom
Porter
Filipe Cochofel
Filipe Cochofel
Young Prisoner
Mário Moutinho
Mário Moutinho
Paramedic 1
António Calvário
António Calvário
Nelson Traquina
Nelson Traquina
Luís Lucas
Luís Lucas
Doctor
Miguel Hurst
Miguel Hurst
Prisoner in Hospital
Luís Alberto
Luís Alberto
Prisioneiro
Natália Luiza
Natália Luiza
Juíza

Crews

João Mário Grilo
João Mário Grilo
Director
Paulo Branco
Paulo Branco
Producer
Paulo Filipe Monteiro
Paulo Filipe Monteiro
Screenplay
João Mário Grilo
João Mário Grilo
Screenplay
Riccardo Del Fra
Riccardo Del Fra
Music
Laurent Machuel
Laurent Machuel
Director of Photography
Jean Dubreuil
Jean Dubreuil
Editor
Antro
Antro
Casting
Isabel Favila
Isabel Favila
Production Design
Isabel Favila
Isabel Favila
Costume Design
Jean Dubreuil
Jean Dubreuil
Sound Editor
Gérard Rousseau
Gérard Rousseau
Sound Mixer
Francisco Veloso
Francisco Veloso
Sound Director

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