Longe da Vista

Synopsis

In order to make some much-needed cash for himself, 65-year-old Portuguese prison inmate Eugenio impersonates a young woman and begins a romantic correspondence with a lonely Portuguese truck-driver living in Boston, convincing him that her tragic life has culminated in financial dire straits so he will send money. At first Eugenio's sister Idalina assists him in creating the character of Maria da Luz. Touched by her sweetness and apparent loving nature, the trucker willingly sends her money. When Idalina starts fearing they will be caught, she backs out of her arrangement with Eugenio who then convinces his young cellmate Vasco to help write the letters and even sends a picture of himself at age seven to "prove" that Maria has a young son. As prison life exacts an increasingly heavy toll upon Eugenio's health, his feminine alter-ego helps sustain him.

Main Cast

Canto e Castro

Eugénio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Francisco Nascimento

Vasco

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Henrique Viana

Abel

Age : 71 | Popularity : 23%

Zita Duarte

Idalina

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Rita Blanco

Rute

Age : 61 | Popularity : 29%

Rogério Samora

Warden

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

José Mora Ramos

Chief Guard

Age : N/A | Popularity : 19%

Heitor Lourenço

Guard #1

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Isabel Favila
Camera	Director of Photography	Laurent Machuel
Writing	Screenplay	João Mário Grilo Paulo Filipe
Sound	Music	Riccardo Del Fra
	Sound Editor	Jean Dubreuil
	Sound Mixer	Gérard Rousseau
	Sound Director	Francisco Veloso
Art	Production Design	Isabel Favila
Production	Casting	Antro
	Producer	Paulo Branco
Directing	Director	João Mário Grilo
Editing	Editor	Jean Dubreuil
Department	Role	Name

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