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Saint George(2017)
Status: Released
Date: 2017-03-09
66%
24 Votes
Time: 1h 52m
Overview:
In 2011 Portugal began the so-called "year of the Troika" (EU, IMF and ECB budget cuts and economic restructuring), with the level of debt among the Portuguese people reaching staggering amounts and a growing number of families and companies unable to repay their installment loans. Jorge is an unemployed boxer on the verge of losing his son and his wife, who has decided to return to Brazil. As a means of paying off his debt and persuading his wife to remain in Portugal, Jorge accepts a job with a debt-collection agency, which will drag him into a world of violence and crime.
Languages: Portuguese.
Countries:
Portugal,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Filmes do Tejo
Movie: Saint George
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nuno Lopes
Jorge
Beatriz Batarda
Teresa
Jean-Pierre Martins
Albano
Gonçalo Waddington
Chef Cardoso
Mariana Nunes
Susana
José Raposo
Vitinho
Ricardo Fernandes
Mauro
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Overview
In 2011 Portugal began the so-called "year of the Troika" (EU, IMF and ECB budget cuts and economic restructuring), with the level of debt among the Portuguese people reaching staggering amounts and a growing number of families and companies unable to repay their installment loans. Jorge is an unemployed boxer on the verge of losing his son and his wife, who has decided to return to Brazil. As a means of paying off his debt and persuading his wife to remain in Portugal, Jorge accepts a job with a debt-collection agency, which will drag him into a world of violence and crime.
Release Date
2017-03-09
Average
6.6
Rating:
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