Get a Life ( Ganhar a Vida ) ( Gagner la vie )

Get a Life (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ganhar a Vida
Alternate Title: Gagner la vie
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Portugal ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
114 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
João Canijo

Written By:
João Canijo
Pierre Hodgson

Actors:
Rita Blanco ..... Cidàlia
Adriano Luz ..... Adelino
Teresa Madruga ..... Celestina
Alda Gomes ..... Alda
Olivier Leite ..... Orlando
Maria David ..... Lùcia
Yvette Caldas ..... Fàtima
Jinie Rainho ..... Jinie
Adélia Baltazar ..... Fernanda
Luis Rego ..... Adérito
Tiago Manaïa ..... Alvaro
José Raposo
Teresa Roby

Synopsis:

A woman mourning the loss of her child demands to know the truth about his death in this realistic drama. Cidalia (Rita Blanco) is a woman born in Portugal who now lives in France and is intensely devoted to her husband and children. When her son dies while caught in the middle of a shootout between police and criminals, Cidalia is distraught and demands to know the truth about what happened. The police aren't especially helpful, telling her little more than the shot which killed him was not fired by the police, but Cidalia demands to know more. Cidalia mounts a one-woman crusade to get the police to open the files on the case involving her son's death, and despite the misgivings of her sister (Teresa Madruga), the preoccupation of her husband (Adriano Luz) with his financial woes, and the anger of many of her fellow immigrants, Cidalia refuses to back down. Ganhar A Vida was screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard program.

A Portuguese boy living on the outskirts of Paris is killed in a fight. His mother Cidalia, a 36 year-old cleaning lady seeks to discover the truth about what really happened, and why the Portuguese community in France is so silent. She loses friends and family, but bravely perseveres in her quest.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 July, 2008.

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