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Letters from War

Cartas da Guerra

2016

Drafted as an army doctor to the brutal front of Portugal's colonial war in Angola in 1971, a young man pours his longing, horror, and love into letters home to his pregnant wife. A lyrical, black-and-white wartime drama drawn from real letters.

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Part of 10 Essential Portuguese Films

This film is stop 9 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Portugal. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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