Movielogr
Paraíso Perdido (1995)
Directed by Alberto Seixas Santos
Overview
Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl meets a man about fifty years old who tries various times, unsuccessfully, to make the sign of the cross. The man is called Cristovão. A few days later the two meet again. The man offers to help her look for her father. A relationship based on memories and confessions is formed between them. But soon they each return to their own solitude.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Maria de Medeiros | Rui Mendes | Manuela de Freitas | Carlos Daniel | Filipe Ferrer | Luís Santos | Mário Sargedas | Luís Mata | Rui Luís | José Manuel Mendes | Carlos Coelho | João Sarabando | Manuela Cassola | Fernanda Alves | Catarina Avelar | Francisco Costa | Octávio Espírito Santo | Marcello Urgeghe | José Bras | Antonio Rocha | Cucha Carvalheiro | Alexandre de Sousa | Guida Maria