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Foreign Land

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During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers (Fernanda Torres, Fernando Alves Pinto) meet by coincidence and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ring.

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Davi Caro PopMatters 02/20/2024
An ambitious, much-deserved rebirth for one of the richest art industries in the world... Go to Full Review Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim 07/27/2023
3/4
"Foreign Land" is an evocative Portuguese film about a country in turmoil. It's also a thrilling character study in which the striking stars display more sensual, onscreen chemistry than Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in "Titanic." Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/21/2005
3/5
Cheryl DeWolfe Apollo Guide 02/07/2001
58/100
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Audience Reviews

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10/14/2015 Blend of Cinema Novo (New Wave) and film noir. The slow pace undercut the tense atmosphere, but it still managed to be an artful riff on feeling unmoored due to the failures of the "New World." See more 02/28/2015 "Sim, eu estou tão cansado, Mas não pra dizer Que eu estou indo embora. Talvez eu volte, Um dia eu volto, quem sabe" Vapor Barato (trilha sonora) See more 03/05/2013 Story about a kid whose mother dies and he feels he has to journey to Spain where his mother grew up. A man offers him a chance to go to Spain if he transports a violin to one of his customers in Portugal. It ends up being a drug deal, and things go terribly wrong. A good film, considering it is foreign and made in 1996. See more 07/25/2012 "Eu estou tão cansado, mas não pra dizer que eu tô indo embora." See more 09/03/2011 A superb film again from Mr. Salles & his co-director Mrs. Thomas See more 05/09/2011 "28...30,40,50,60...tá passando tão depressa." See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Walter Salles

Director

Daniela Thomas

Director

Fernanda Torres

Alex

Fernando Pinto

Paco

Luís Melo

Igor

Alexandre Borges

Miguel
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Movie Info

Synopsis During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers (Fernanda Torres, Fernando Alves Pinto) meet by coincidence and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ring.
Director
Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
Producer
António da Cunha Telles, Flávio R. Tambellini
Screenwriter
Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Marcos Bernstein, Millôr Fernandes
Distributor
None
Production Co
RioFilme, VideoFilmes, Animatógrafo, Movi&Art
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Romance
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 5, 1996, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m