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In Vanda's Room

In Vanda's Room

Part of The Fontainhas Collection

2001•2h 51m•6.7/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.7/10(54)

An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.

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Production

Contracosta Produções, Pandora Film, Ventura Film

Language

PT

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Vanda Duarte

Vanda Duarte

Self

Lena Duarte

Self

Zita Duarte

Self

Manuel Gomes Miranda

Self

Diogo Pires Miranda

Self

Evangelina Nelas

Self

Miquelina Barros

Self

Paulo Jorge Gonçalves

Self

António Semedo Moreno

Self

Paulo Nunes

Self

Pedro Lanban

Self

Fernando Paixão

Self

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