Get a Life

Ganhar a Vida

During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between a youth gang and the cops in a suburb of Paris. Cidalia, a 36 year old cleaning woman, his mother, decides to defy the code of silence of the Portuguese community and tries to find the truth. She losses her friends, her job and her family but gains a life.

Screenplay

João Canijo

Screenplay

Celine Pouillon

Screenplay

Pierre Hodgson

Director

João Canijo

Status

Released

Release date

04/05/2001

Original language

Portuguese