Get a Life (2001)

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.

Released

2001-05-04

Genres

Drama

Runtime

115 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

João Canijo

TMDB rating

7.3/10 from 7 votes