Letters from War
Film poster
Cartas da Guerra
Directed byIvo M. Ferreira
Written byIvo M. Ferreira, Edgar Medina
António Lobo Antunes
Based onD'este viver aqui neste papel descripto
by António Lobo Antunes
Produced byLuis Urbano[1]
Starring
CinematographyJoão Ribeiro
Edited bySandro Aguilar
Production
company
O Som e a Furia[2]
Distributed byO Som e a Furia[2]
Release dates
  • 14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) (Berlinale)
  • 1 September 2016 (2016-09-01) (Portugal)
Running time
105 minutes[3]
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese
Box office$118,523[4][5]

Letters from War (Portuguese: Cartas da Guerra) is a 2016 Portuguese drama film directed by Ivo M. Ferreira and based on the letter collection D'este viver aqui neste papel descripto by António Lobo Antunes.[1][2] It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.[6][1] It was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[7]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Berlin Film Festival Adds Nine Films to Competition Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Lusa news agency (11 January 2016). "As cartas de Lobo Antunes chegam ao festival de Berlim". dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Cartas da guerra". berlinale.de. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Cartas da Guerra (Letters from War)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Cartas da Guerra (Letters from War)". The Numbers. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Jan 11, 2016: Berlinale Competition 2016: Another nine films selected". Berlinale. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  7. ^ ""Cartas da Guerra" é o candidato português aos Óscares". TVI24. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

External links


Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Film
Portuguese submission for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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