América (2010)

America a tragic story told in a burlesque and ironic way, within a love triangle. Liza, a beautiful young Russian woman, is married to Victor, a small-time crook who lives on scheming and ... See full summary »

Director:

João Nuno Pinto

Writers:

Luísa Costa Gomes, Melanie Dimantas,

Stars:

Chulpan Khamatova, Fernando Luís, María Barranco

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chulpan Khamatova	...	Liza
Fernando Luís	...	Vitor
María Barranco	...	Fernanda
Dinarte Branco	...	Paulo Armando
Cassiano Carneiro	...	Matias
Raul Solnado	...	Melo
Mikhail Evlanov	...	Andrei
Francisco Maestre	...	Tolentino (as Paco Maestre)
Nikolai Popkov	...	Aleksander
Manuel Custódia	...	Mauro
Beto	...	Carlitos
Dmitry Bogomolov	...	Dimitri
Helena Romão	...	Avó Eulália
Lurdes Pereira	...	D. Bernarda
Cesário Monteiro	...	Agarrado

Storyline

America a tragic story told in a burlesque and ironic way, within a love triangle. Liza, a beautiful young Russian woman, is married to Victor, a small-time crook who lives on scheming and swindling, born and bred in Portugal. Fernanda, the ex wife, who ten year's passed decides to drop by, is the gang leader, an Andalusian Spaniard. Victor has to decide which women to follow, Liza cannot really leave him, Fernanda doesn't really want to stay. The six year old kid hangs everybody by a string. Eastern European newcomers give new business perspectives that are going to rock their small world by the beach: Cova do Vapor. A chaotic neighborhood of precarious housing located at Lisbon's gates, where the Tagus River meets the Atlantic, where fishermen and retired factory workers coexist. An obscure little place, where everything suddenly changes, even the weather. After a violent storm, the gangster's house gets a rusted fishing boat hanging on top of their home. In the midst of the tragedy...

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Plot Keywords:

passport | storm | police arrest | accidental murder | forged document | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Russia Brazil Spain Portugal

Language:

Portuguese Spanish Russian Creole

Release Date:

26 May 2011 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

América, una historia muy portuguesa

Filming Locations:

Cova do Vapor, Portugal

Box Office

Budget:

€1,400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

2Plan2, Agência Nacional do Cinema (ANCINE), Dezenove Som e Imagens Produções

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the last film of Raul Solnado, who died after the end of shooting (August 2009).

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Connections

Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: El episodio que va a contrarreloj (2011)

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