Summary Lourenço is the son of Francisco Figueiredo, a soccer coach in the beginning of a very promising career. Everything goes well: Francisco's team is in the Portuguese Cup final and Lourenço is going to be class valedictorian in a very prestigious private high school. But everything starts to collapse. Francisco is fired and Lourenço must transfer to a public high school whose students are predominantly from a ghetto near Lisbon. While Lourenço is fighting to fit into a new and harsh reality, he also helps his father find his lost dignity. Hope is a strange place. View more details
Directed : Joaquim Leitão
Written : Tino Navarro Manuel Arouca
Stars : Vanessa Almeida Alex Angi Almeida Sandra Alves
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 16, 2009
Countries of origin : Portugal
Language : Portuguese
Filming locations : Amadora, Lisbon, Portugal
Production companies : MGN Filmes
Summary Lourenço is the son of Francisco Figueiredo, a soccer coach in the beginning of a very promising career. Everything goes well: Francisco's team is in the Portuguese Cup final and Lourenço is going to be class valedictorian in a very prestigious private high school. But everything starts to collapse. Francisco is fired and Lourenço must transfer to a public high school whose students are predominantly from a ghetto near Lisbon. While Lourenço is fighting to fit into a new and harsh reality, he also helps his father find his lost dignity. Hope is a strange place. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 16, 2009
Countries of origin : Portugal
Language : Portuguese
Filming locations : Amadora, Lisbon, Portugal
Production companies : MGN Filmes
