Paths

Paths

7.5IMDb Score
Released:1978-05-19
Duration:120 min
Country:Portugal
Director:João César Monteiro
Actors:Carmen Duarte, Manuela de Freitas, Virgilio Branco, Luís de Sousa Costa, Francisco Domingues
Production:Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC)

Overview:

Parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during increasingly contemporary time periods.

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