Film
Paraíso Perdido
Portugal- Director
- Alberto Seixas Santos
- Year
- 1995
Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl meets a man about fifty years old who tries various times, unsuccessfully, to make the sign of the cross. The man is called Cristovão. A few days later the two meet again. The man offers to help her look for her father. A relationship based on memories and confessions is formed between them. But soon they each return to their own solitude.
Top cast
Maria de Medeiros
Cristina Pratas
Rui Mendes
Cristovão
Manuela de Freitas
Inês
Carlos Daniel
Helder
Filipe Ferrer
Orlando
Luís Santos
Velho Retornado
Mário Sargedas
Abel Caldeira
Luís Mata
Retornado
Rui Luís
Coffee Shop Owner
José Manuel Mendes
Antunes
Carlos Coelho
André
João Sarabando
Saul Pratas
Manuela Cassola
Godmother
Fernanda Alves
Retornada
Catarina Avelar
Retornada
Francisco Costa
Caldeira
Octávio Espírito Santo
Coffee Shop Employee
Marcello Urgeghe
Nuno
Directed by
Alberto Seixas Santos
Written by
Alberto Seixas Santos, António Cabrita
Produced by
António da Cunha Telles