Released:
2001-05-04

Overview:
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.

Director:
João Canijo

Runtime:
1h 55min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Rita Blanco
  as
  Cidália
• 
  Adriano Luz
  as
  Adelino
• 
  Teresa Madruga
  as
  Celestina
• 
  Alda Gomes
  as
  Alda
• 
  Olivier Leite
  as
  Orlando