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Letters from War(2016)
Status: Released
Date: 2016-09-01
70%
17 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Overview:
In 1971, António Lobo Antunes' life is brutally interrupted when he is drafted into the Portuguese Army to serve as a doctor in one of the worst zones of the Colonial War – the East of Angola. Away from everything dear he writes letters to his wife while he is immersed in an increasingly violent setting. While he moves between several military posts he falls in love for Africa and matures politically. At his side, an entire generation struggles and despairs for the return home. In the uncertainty of war events, only the letters can make him survive.
Languages: Portuguese.
Countries:
Portugal
ProductionCompanies: 
Foley Walkers Studio
Movie: Letters from War
Top 10 Billed Cast
Miguel Nunes
António
Margarida Vila-Nova
Maria José
Ricardo Pereira
Major
João Pedro Vaz
Capitão
Simão Cayatte
Alferes Eleutério
Isac Graça
Cabo Graça
João Pedro Mamede
Alferes Professor
Tiago Aldeia
Alferes Ferreira
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