Longe da Vista (1999)
In order to make some much-needed cash for himself, 65-year-old Portuguese prison inmate Eugenio impersonates a young woman and begins a romantic correspondence with a lonely Portuguese truck-driver living in Boston, convincing him that her tragic life has culminated in financial dire straits so he will send money. At first Eugenio's sister Idalina assists him in creating the character of Maria da Luz. Touched by her sweetness and apparent loving nature, the trucker willingly sends her money. When Idalina starts fearing they will be caught, she backs out of her arrangement with Eugenio who then convinces his young cellmate Vasco to help write the letters and even sends a picture of himself at age seven to "prove" that Maria has a young son. As prison life exacts an increasingly heavy toll upon Eugenio's health, his feminine alter-ego helps sustain him.
Director:
João Mário Grilo
Writers:
Paulo Filipe, João Mário Grilo.
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Canto e Castro as Eugénio |
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Francisco Nascimento as Vasco |
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Henrique Viana as Abel |
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Zita Duarte as Idalina |
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Rita Blanco as Rute |
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Rogério Samora as Warden |
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José Mora Ramos as Chief Guard |
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Heitor Lourenço as Guard #1 |
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José Pinto as Barbas |
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Fernando Heitor as Paramedic |
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Catarina Furtado as Visitor |
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Paulo Oom as Porter |
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Filipe Cochofel as Young Prisoner |
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Mário Moutinho as Paramedic 1 |
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António Calvário as |
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Nelson Traquina as |
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Luís Lucas as Doctor |
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Miguel Hurst as Prisoner in Hospital |
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Luís Alberto as Prisioneiro |
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Natália Luiza as Juíza |
| Writing | Paulo Filipe | Screenplay |
| Camera | Laurent Machuel | Director of Photography |
| Writing | João Mário Grilo | Screenplay |
| Production | Paulo Branco | Producer |
| Sound | Riccardo Del Fra | Music |
| Directing | João Mário Grilo | Director |
| Editing | Jean Dubreuil | Editor |
| Production | Antro | Casting |
| Sound | Jean Dubreuil | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabel Favila | Costume Design |
| Art | Isabel Favila | Production Design |
| Sound | Gérard Rousseau | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Francisco Veloso | Sound Director |
