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Letters from War (2016)

Cartas da Guerra (original title)
| Drama | 1 September 2016 (Portugal)
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Based on António Lobo Antunes's novel, a collection of letters written by a young soldier, doctor and a aspirant writer, to his wife while he was serving in Angola between 1971 and 1973, ... See full summary »

Director:

Ivo Ferreira

Writers:

Ivo Ferreira, António Lobo Antunes (novel) | 1 more credit »

Stars:

Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova, Ricardo Pereira | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miguel Nunes ... António
Margarida Vila-Nova ... Maria José
Ricardo Pereira ... Major
João Pedro Vaz João Pedro Vaz ... Capitão
Simão Cayatte ... Alferes Eleutério
Isac Graça Isac Graça ... Cabo Hilário
Francisco Hestnes Francisco Hestnes ... Cabo Carica (as Francisco Hestnes Ferreira)
João Pedro Mamede João Pedro Mamede ... Alferes Professor
Tiago Aldeia Tiago Aldeia ... Alferes Ferreira
Orlando Sérgio Orlando Sérgio ... Catolo
David Caracol David Caracol ... Soba Chiúme
Miguel Raposo Miguel Raposo ... Enfermeiro Gago Coutinho
Gonçalo Carvalho Gonçalo Carvalho ... Cabo Projeccionista
Raúl Rosário Raúl Rosário ... Operador Chiúme
Cândido Ferreira Cândido Ferreira ... Sr. Fontes
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Based on António Lobo Antunes's novel, a collection of letters written by a young soldier, doctor and a aspirant writer, to his wife while he was serving in Angola between 1971 and 1973, during the Portuguese Colonial War, a war between Portugal with its former overseas provinces.

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Drama

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Country:

Portugal | Germany

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

1 September 2016 (Portugal) See more »

Also Known As:

Letters from War See more »
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$177,388
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Company Credits

Production Co:

O Som e a Fúria, ZDF/Arte, Foley Walkers Studio See more »
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Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

This film was submited to represent Portugal at the 89th Academy Awards. See more »

Connections

Features Rapazes de Táxis (1965) See more »

Soundtracks

Sol de Inverno
Written by Nóbrega e Sousa and Jerónimo Bragança (as Jerónimo de Bragança)
Performed by Ian Mucznik
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Virtually unwatchable .
22 September 2019 | by horst69 – See all my reviews

There is an almost constant overlay of a voice reading letters , while a somewhat decent war movie is shown - in the background .

That war movie would have been quite ok, without the tacky - and constant - recitation of terribly corny letters .

Which makes it even more annoying .
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