Fragile as the World
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An impossible love. Two young people who love each other. Vera and João can’t find in this life the space, time, or identity to resolve their love story.
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Cast
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Maria Gonçalves
Vera
Bruno Terra
João
No other roles listed
Sophie Balabanian
Vera's Mother
Also in
Augustine
Manuela de Freitas
Avó
Also in
Recollections of the Yellow House
Fragments of an Alms-Film
João Bénard da Costa
Avô
Known for
To Each His Own Cinema
Carolina Villaverde
Luzinha
No other roles listed
Carlos Ferreira
Vera's Father
Also in
Exemplo Regenerador
Life's Fragments
Mário Barroso
Narrator (voice)
Also in
Francisca
God's Comedy
Maria Celestino da Costa
Vera Menina
No other roles listed
Nuno Nunes
Vera's Brother
Also in
Until Life Do Us Part
Natural Law
Marta Costa
Vera's Friend
Also in
El Secadero De Iguanas
Treufoc
Margarida Lacerda
Friend
No other roles listed
Rita Azevedo Gomes Director · Acácio de Almeida Cinematographer Patrícia Saramago Editor
First release July 20, 2001 · Produced in Portugal · Languages French, Portuguese
Production
Madragoa Filmes
Production
RTP
Production
Gemini Films
Production
Portugal
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Languages
Original title
Frágil como o Mundo
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
French · Portuguese
Release dates
Portugal · July 20, 2001
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
October 21, 2026 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival (Paulo Branco Retrospective)
Czechia
May 28, 2002 · Premiere · Zlín Film Festival
France
May 8, 2002 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 21, 2021 · TV · RTP 2
May 7, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Batalha Centro de Cinema
April 28, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema
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