Get a Life
6.7
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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Rita Blanco
Cidália
Known for
The Gilded Cage
Amour
Adriano Luz
Adelino
Known for
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
Night Train to Lisbon
Teresa Madruga
Celestina
Known for
Tabu
Imagine
Alda Gomes
Alda
Also in
Rebelde Way
7 Pecados Rurais
Olivier Leite
Orlando
Maria David
Lúcia
Also in
Born in Flames
Yvette Caldas
Fátima
Also in
The Day Mum Became a Monster
Softly from Paris
Jinie Rainho
Jinie
No other roles listed
Adélia Baltazar
Fernanda
No other roles listed
Luis Rego
Adérito
Known for
French Fried Vacation
Meet the Leroys
Tiago Manaïa
Álvaro
Also in
17 fois Cécile Cassard
Boys Like Us
José Raposo
Known for
Turn of the Tide
Getulio
João Canijo Director · Pierre Hodgson Writer Celine Pouillon Writer
First release May 4, 2001 · Produced in France, Portugal · Languages French, Portuguese
Production
Madragoa Filmes
Production
Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia
Production
Gemini Films
Production
France · Portugal
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Languages
Original title
Ganhar a Vida
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
French · Portuguese
Release dates
Portugal · May 4, 2001
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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