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A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera (2009)

| Drama | 17 September 2009 (Portugal)
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A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera is a movie starring Alcides, Alex, and Angi Almeida. Lourenço is the son of Francisco Figueiredo, a soccer coach in the beginning of a very promising career. Everything goes well: Francisco's team is in the Portuguese Cup final and Lourenço ... See full summary »

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Alcides ... Velho na Esplanada
Alex ... Miúdo no bairro 2
Angi Almeida ... Vigia 2
Vanessa Almeida ... Namorada Agente
Sandra Alves ... Funcionária da Escola Secundária
Alexandra Amaro ... Sofia
João Abel Baptista ... Vendedor de automóveis
André Barbosa ... Empregado do restaurante
Glória Benchimol ... Marisa
Humberto Bernardo ... Reporter
William Brandão ... Vigia 1
João Capela ... Arbitro
José Carlos Cardoso ... Mané
Virgílio Castelo ... Francisco Figueiredo
Jorge Chança ... Segurança Discoteca 2
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Lourenço is the son of Francisco Figueiredo, a soccer coach in the beginning of a very promising career. Everything goes well: Francisco's team is in the Portuguese Cup final and Lourenço is going to be class valedictorian in a very prestigious private high school. But everything starts to collapse. Francisco is fired and Lourenço must transfer to a public high school whose students are predominantly from a ghetto near Lisbon. While Lourenço is fighting to fit into a new and harsh reality, he also helps his father find his lost dignity. Hope is a strange place. Written by Anonymous

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