Letters from War
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Francisco Hestnes Ferreira · Isac Graça · João Pedro Mamede · João Pedro Vaz · Margarida Vila-Nova · Miguel Nunes · Ricardo Pereira · Sérgio Sá Cunha · Simão Cayatte · Tiago Aldeia · Ivo M. Ferreira · António Lobo Antunes · Edgar Medina