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Killing the Saudades

Jan 1, 1988 · 1h 25m
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Drama

PLOT

Abel, 47 years old, two wars - in the colonies and France, emigration - several scars from many battles lost, returns in a jump to Portugal, to his lost village in the northern interior, near the border, from where one day he'd be gone, also from a jump. A letter, from his brother Peter, warned him that everything changed. Even Teresa. Abel catches sight of his childhood in the village hills, the old tribe. From a distance everything seams to be in the same placesa, the old dog is all that remains of the past. In the village the Act of Passion will be performed and Teresa is one of the participants. Abel takes the old gestures and prepares his plan: eliminate one by one Teresa's suitors, to consummate during the act of the Passion, her death ...

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CAST

Rogério Samora
Abel
Teresa Madruga
Teresa
Pedro Efe
Pedro
Eunice Muñoz
Grandmother
João Cabral
Pedro
Manuel Cavaco
Vasco
Laura Soveral
Mother
Canto e Castro
Father
Directed by Fernando Lopes

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Status
Released
Original language
PT
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Production
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Opus Filmes, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC)
Country
PT
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