Movie: A Shot in the Dark

Top 10 Billed Cast

Joaquim de Almeida
Joaquim de Almeida

Rafael

Vanessa Machado
Vanessa Machado

Verônica

Filipe Duarte
Filipe Duarte

Engenheiro

Ivo Canelas
Ivo Canelas

Brocas

Miguel Borges
Miguel Borges

Metralha

Margarida Marinho
Margarida Marinho

Isabel

Cristina Cunha
Cristina Cunha

Filipa, Rafael's partner

João Lagarto
João Lagarto

Castro Ferraz

Almeno Gonçalves
Almeno Gonçalves

Piteira

Inês Costa
Inês Costa

Maria, Rafael's daughter

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    A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...

  • Release Date

    2005-03-17

  • Average

    5.6

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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    Português
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