First Round

Jul 23, 2022

0h 12m

★ 10.0

Overview

Duarte rushes out of the house when he is confronted by his brother, Samuel, and is forced to explain why he has to run away. A few days later, Samuel is confronted by a group of drug dealers who have come to collect the debts left by his younger brother, Duarte. Feeling pressured, Samuel ends up choosing the quickest solution and agrees to take part in the fights.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Universidade Lusófona

Lusófona Filmes

First Round Trailers

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Cast

Vitória

Anastasiya Kozubovskaya-Pellé

Samuel

Gonçalo Ícaro

Duarte

Ricardo Viegas

Sérgio

Paulo Manso

Ricardo

Luís Ferreira

Maurício

Kako Neves

Marco

Hugo Nicolau

Alex

Bernardo Pataco

Locutor

Sidoine Martins

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