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Uma Vida À Espera

2017 · 93 min

A quiet, patient watch about waiting and small daily rituals, heavy with longing and unspoken family hurt.

Directed by: Sérgio Graciano
Genres: Drama
Starring: Miguel Borges, Isabel Abreu, José Martins

Overview: The story of a man. Maybe two. A father who leaves home taking nothing with him but the mailbox and a suitcase. He sits on a garden bench, on the street, waiting for a son's answer. Every day he sends him a letter and every day he hopes to get a letter back. Every day he combs his hair, puts a tie on, and shaves to be ready to receive that letter by the time the postman passes by.

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Directed by: Sérgio Graciano
Genres: Drama
Starring: Miguel Borges, Isabel Abreu, José Martins

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How it feels

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
grief
loneliness
redemption
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Sérgio Graciano
Written by: Frederico Pombares
Starring: Miguel Borges, Isabel Abreu, José Martins, José Mata, Afonso Pimentel, Carla Maciel, Francisco Antunez
Cinematography: Miguel Manso
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Portugal
Languages: Portuguese

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