A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera
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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.
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Edited by Pedro RibeiroShot by Tony CostaScored by Luis CiliaDesigned by Joao Torres
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19 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Humberto Bernardo
as Reporter
Alex
as Miúdo no bairro 2
Angi Almeida
as Vigia 2
Vanessa Almeida
as Namorada Agente
William Brandao
as Vigia 1
Sandra Alves
as Funcionária da Escola Secundária
Alexandra Amaro
as Sofia
Joao Abel Baptista
as Vendedor de automóveis
Andre Barbosa
as Empregado do restaurante
Gloria Benchimol
as Marisa
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1Other crew
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