Blood of My Blood (2011)

Original title

Sangue do Meu Sangue

Directed by

João Canijo

Genre

drama film

Country

Portugal

Runtime

2h 20m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working-class family in Lisbon struggles with financial hardship and personal secrets. Tensions rise between a mother and her adult children as their lives collide.

emotionally rawgrittyintimatetensemelancholicvisceralsobering

What happens

Blood of My Blood (Portuguese: Sangue do Meu Sangue) is a 2011 Portuguese drama film directed by João Canijo. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was awarded at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Miami International Film Festival, among others. It was the most commercially successful film of the year in Portugal. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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