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Foreign Land(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-09-04
70%
56 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
The best place to lose someone or your own self
Overview:
During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers meet by coincidence in a foreign land and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ring.
Languages: Portuguese.
Countries:
Brazil,
Portugal
ProductionCompanies: 
Animatógrafo
Movie: Foreign Land
Top 10 Billed Cast
Fernanda Torres
Alex
Fernando Alves Pinto
Paco
Luís Melo
Ígor
Alexandre Borges
Miguel
Laura Cardoso
Manuela
João Lagarto
Pedro
Tchéky Karyo
Kraft
Zeka Laplaine
Loli
João Grosso
Carlos
Canto e Castro
Porteiro
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