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Retirement Home
“The passions and pains of a group of elders, sharing the same building, every weekday.”
10.0 / 10• 2017• 1h 34m•NR• Portuguese
Documentary
Storyline
A group of elders spends their weekdays in a retirement home in Sandim, in the north of Portugal, where they talk, do arts and crafts, practice yoga and pray. We follow them between October 2012 and March 2013, when an economic crisis overshadowed Portuguese society and unemployment rates reached record levels. Meanwhile, arrangements are made for the Carnival ball. Will they bring the first place home this time?
Cast & Crew
AC
Artur Cardoso
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LeadId
Isilda dos Santos
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AA
Alice Almeida
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JM
José Moreira
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FO
Filomena Oliveira
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GM
Georgina Maia
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What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fernando Lino's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Retirement Home is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
