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Contrato

2009 · 95 min

A slick, brooding Euro crime thriller that keeps you tense with sudden violence and a doomed romance.

Directed by
Nicolau Breyner
Genres
Action, Crime, Romance
Starring
Pedro Lima, Cláudia Vieira, Vítor Norte
Overview
Peter McShade is a hitman. A job goes wrong when he kills the nephew of a Mafia Boss in Morocco.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Nicolau Breyner
Genres
Action, Crime, Romance
Starring
Pedro Lima, Cláudia Vieira, Vítor Norte
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • violence
  • betrayal
  • love
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action, crime, romance
Directed by
Nicolau Breyner
Written by
Pedro Bandeira-Freire, Álvaro Romão, Nicolau Breyner, Dinis Machado
Starring
Pedro Lima, Cláudia Vieira, Vítor Norte, Sofia Aparício, Nicolau Breyner, José Wallenstein, José Raposo, Joaquim Nicolau
Cinematography
José António Loureiro
Runtime
95 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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