Top Cast
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Filipe Abreu
Pedro
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Rita Durão
Mother
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João Villas-Boas
Outsider
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Marcello Urgeghe
Mother's Lover
Overview
Pedro gets home at dawn. Before the young boy falls asleep, his lonely mother drags him to the beach.
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