6.9 / 10
(37 votes)
After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.
Denmark,
France,
Portugal
Drama
97 minutes
1997
Pedro Costa
Madragoa Filmes,
Gemini Films,
Zentropa Entertainments,
Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual,
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP),
Eurimages
1996
6.6
1996
8.0
2001
6.9
2000
5.9
1999
7.5
1998
5.8
1997
7.6
1980
6.4
2007
7.4
2005
6.5
2005
5.4
2008
6.4
1983
6.7
1984
7.2
2008
6.9
2003
6.0
2008
6.7
2006
6.7
1972
6.6
2005
5.8