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Deserter (2019) | Slate

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António returns to Portugal for his mother's funeral and has to take care of his father, who is incapacitated by a stroke. A macho former naval admiral who made his childhood a nightmare. Until he finds a home for his father, António will have to face the ghosts of his childhood.

Released: 2019
Country: Portugal
Language: Portuguese

Direction and writing

Rodrigo TavaresDirector

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Carlos CarvalhoAlfredo de Carvalho (Voz)

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