Get a Life (film)
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Get a Life is a 2001
Portuguese
drama film
directed by João Canijo
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
.
2001 in film
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
Portuguese
Cinema of Portugal
Portuguese cinema has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. In the 1950s, Cinema Novo, sprang up as a movement concerned with showing realism in film, in the vein of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by João Canijo
João Canijo
João Canijo is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Três Menos Eu * Lovely Child/ Filha da Mãe João Canijo (born 1957) is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un...
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 2001 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann, President * Mimmo Calopresti * Charlotte Gainsbourg...
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Cast
- Rita Blanco - Cidàlia
- Adriano Luz - Adelino
- Teresa MadrugaTeresa MadrugaTeresa Madruga is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in 71 films and television shows since 1977. She starred in the 1983 film In the White City, which was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival....
- Celestina - Alda Gomes - Alda
- Olivier Leite - Orlando
- Maria David - Lùcia
- Yvette Caldas - Fàtima
- Jinie Rainho - Jinie
- Adélia Baltazar - Fernanda
- Luis Rego - Adérito
- Antonio Ferreira - Manuel
- Tiago Manaïa - Alvaro
- José RaposoJosé RaposoHe began in the children's theater, by the hand of Francisco Nicholson in 1981 at the Teatro AdHoc, which company he integrated. He did Teatro de Revista on the Teatro Maria Vitória, Teatro Variedades and Teatro ABC, founded with his ex-wife Maria João Abreu the production company A Toca dos...
- Teresa Roby