Genres

Drama , War

Duration

105 min

Director

Ivo M. Ferreira

Rating

7.0

Release Date

September 1, 2016

Letters from War

Original title: Cartas da Guerra

Synopsis

In 1971, António Lobo Antunes' life is brutally interrupted when he is drafted into the Portuguese Army to serve as a doctor in one of the worst zones of the Colonial War – the East of Angola. Away from everything dear he writes letters to his wife while he is immersed in an increasingly violent setting. While he moves between several military posts he falls in love for Africa and matures politically. At his side, an entire generation struggles and despairs for the return home. In the uncertainty of war events, only the letters can make him survive.