Longe da Vista
Longe da Vista

Longe da Vista

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1999
1h 22m
5.0(4 votes)
Drama

Overview

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.

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20 members
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Canto e Castro

Eugénio

Canto e Castro
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Francisco Nascimento

Vasco

Francisco Nascimento
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Henrique Viana

Abel

Henrique Viana
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Zita Duarte

Idalina

Zita Duarte
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Rita Blanco

Rute

Rita Blanco
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Rogério Samora

Warden

Rogério Samora
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José Mora Ramos

Chief Guard

José Mora Ramos
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Heitor Lourenço

Guard #1

Heitor Lourenço
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José Pinto

Barbas

José Pinto
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Fernando Heitor

Paramedic

Fernando Heitor
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Catarina Furtado

Visitor

Catarina Furtado
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Paulo Oom

Porter

Paulo Oom
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Filipe Cochofel

Young Prisoner

Filipe Cochofel
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Mário Moutinho

Paramedic 1

Mário Moutinho
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António Calvário

Unknown Role

António Calvário
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Nelson Traquina

Unknown Role

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Luís Lucas

Doctor

Luís Lucas
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Miguel Hurst

Prisoner in Hospital

Miguel Hurst
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Luís Alberto

Prisioneiro

Luís Alberto
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Natália Luiza

Juíza

Natália Luiza

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