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Paraíso Perdido

7.0 90 mins Drama   1995
Director(s): Alberto Seixas Santos

Release Date: 01 Sun, Jan 1995

Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl meets a man about fifty years old who tries various times, unsuccessfully, to make the sign of the cross. The man is called Cristovão. A few days later the two meet again. The man offers to help her look for her father. A relationship based on memories and confessions is formed between them. But soon they each return to their own solitude.

Casts of Paraíso Perdido

Maria de Medeiros

as Cristina Pratas

Rui Mendes

as Cristovão

Carlos Daniel

as Helder

Filipe Ferrer

as Orlando

Luís Santos

as Velho Retornado

Mário Sargedas

as Abel Caldeira

Luís Mata

as Retornado

Rui Luís

as Coffee Shop Owner

José Manuel Mendes

as Antunes

Carlos Coelho

as André

João Sarabando

as Saul Pratas

Manuela Cassola

as Godmother

Fernanda Alves

as Retornada

Catarina Avelar

as Retornada

Francisco Costa

as Caldeira

Octávio Espírito Santo

as Coffee Shop Employee

José Bras

as Afonso

Antonio Rocha

as Man in the Tavern

Cucha Carvalheiro

as Secretary (uncredited)

Alexandre de Sousa

as (uncredited)

Guida Maria

as (uncredited)

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