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In Vanda's Room (2000)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 51M

Director : Pedro Costa
Writer : Pedro Costa

Synopsis

An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.

Actors

Vanda Duarte
Vanda Duarte
Herself
Lena Duarte
Lena Duarte
Herself
Zita Duarte
Zita Duarte
Herself
Manuel Gomes Miranda
Manuel Gomes Miranda
Diogo Pires Miranda
Diogo Pires Miranda
Evangelina Nelas
Evangelina Nelas
Miquelina Barros
Miquelina Barros
Paulo Jorge Gonçalves
Paulo Jorge Gonçalves
António Semedo Moreno
António Semedo Moreno
Himself
Paulo Nunes
Paulo Nunes
Himself
Pedro Lanban
Pedro Lanban
Himself
Fernando Paixão
Fernando Paixão
Himself

Crews

Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa
Director
Karl Baumgartner
Karl Baumgartner
Producer
Andres Pfäffli
Andres Pfäffli
Producer
Francisco Villa-Lobos
Francisco Villa-Lobos
Producer
Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa
Director of Photography
Dominique Auvray
Dominique Auvray
Editor
Patrícia Saramago
Patrícia Saramago
Editor
Stephan Konken
Stephan Konken
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Pedro Melo
Pedro Melo
Sound
Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa
Screenplay

Trailers and other movies

IN VANDA'S ROOM Trailer (2000) - The Criterion Collection

Posters and backgrounds

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