Letters from War (2016)
Ratings:
7.0 (TMDb)
Released:
2016-09-01
Runtime:
105 min
Genres:
Drama, War
Countries:
Portugal
Director:
Ivo M. Ferreira
Actors:
Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova, Ricardo Pereira, João Pedro Vaz, Simão Cayatte, Isac Graça, Francisco Hestnes Ferreira, João Pedro Mamede
Synopsis
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.
