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The Fortunate Ones(2024)
Status: Released
Date: 2024-02-14
59%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
Overview:
Algarve, late 90s. Following the death of her grandmother, Milene - a strong young woman full of life despite a slight mental handicap - divides her life between her family of notables and a Cape Verdean family that keeps her going, whom she met when her grandmother died. The wind that whistles in the cranes plunges us into the world of two families against the backdrop of Portugal's recent past.
Languages: Portuguese.
Countries:
Portugal,
Switzerland
ProductionCompanies:
Box Productions
C.R.I.M. Produções
Movie: The Fortunate Ones
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rita Cabaço
Milene
Milton Lopes
Antonino
Isabel Cardoso
Felícia
Beatriz Batarda
Ângela Margarida
Carla Maciel
Gininha
Ruben Garcia
Afonso
João Lagarto
Rui Ludovice
Romeu Runa
Tio Dom
Cleo Diára
Claudina
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Overview
Algarve, late 90s. Following the death of her grandmother, Milene - a strong young woman full of life despite a slight mental handicap - divides her life between her family of notables and a Cape Verdean family that keeps her going, whom she met when her grandmother died. The wind that whistles in the cranes plunges us into the world of two families against the backdrop of Portugal's recent past.
Release Date
2024-02-14
Average
5.9
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