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Release Year2009
Runtime2h 02m
LanguagePortuguese
CertificationNR
Genres—
Votes11
DirectorJoaquim Leitão
WritersManuel Arouca, Tino Navarro
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.2 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsA Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera
About A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera
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.
Directed by Joaquim Leitão, A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera leans on a strong ensemble — Alcides, Alex, Angi Almeida — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 2009.
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