Querença (2004)

9.0/10 • 90 min • Drama

Overview

In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in Angola. In the meantime, she had committed herself to discovering and interviewing the poet Júlio Vera. In 1988, he wrote a series of poems in which he mysteriously anticipated the fall of the USSR. Guida has only 12 days to complete the mission.

Cast

Joana Bárcia

Guida / Raquel / Helena

Diogo Dória

Júlio / Bernardim

José Raposo

Young Zé Vera

Canto e Castro

Old Zé Vera

Pedro Lacerda

Júlio / Heitor

António Fonseca

Brito

João Salaviza

Zé Manel

João Pedro Bénard

Adriano / Fagundes

Antónia Terrinha

Saudade

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