Letters from War

September. 01,2016      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1971, António Lobo Antunes' life is brutally interrupted when he is drafted into the Portuguese Army to serve as a doctor in one of the worst zones of the Colonial War – the East of Angola. Away from everything dear he writes letters to his wife while he is immersed in an increasingly violent setting. While he moves between several military posts he falls in love for Africa and matures politically. At his side, an entire generation struggles and despairs for the return home. In the uncertainty of war events, only the letters can make him survive.

Miguel Nunes as  António
Margarida Vila-Nova as  Maria José
Ricardo Pereira as  Major
João Pedro Vaz as  Capitão
Simão Cayatte as  Alferes Eleutério
Isac Graça as  Cabo Graça
João Pedro Mamede as  Alferes Professor
Tiago Aldeia as  Alferes Ferreira
Cândido Ferreira as  Sr. Fontes
João Nunes Monteiro as  Bichezas

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