Get a Life (2001)
Overview
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.
Cast
Rita Blanco
Cidália
Adriano Luz
Adelino
Teresa Madruga
Celestina
Alda Gomes
Alda
Luis Rego
Adérito
José Raposo
Teresa Roby
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