Top Cast
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Francisco Froes
Daniel
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Nuno Lopes
Zé
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Júlia Palha
Cecília
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Leonor Alecrim
Sara
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Diogo Infante
Salaviza
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Rui Morisson
Pedro
Overview
A story of love and deception, set against a backdrop marked by the actions of the political police under the Salazar dictatorship, censorship, persecution, and imprisonment, and the student revolt of the early 1960s.
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