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In Vanda's Room
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In Vanda's Room

2001-03-02 · 171 min · ★ 6.7

Drama

An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.

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Directors
Pedro Costa
Production companies
Contracosta Produções, Pandora Film, Ventura Film
Countries
Portugal, Germany, Switzerland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Vanda DuarteVanda DuarteSelf
Lena DuarteSelf
Manuel Gomes MirandaSelf
Diogo Pires MirandaSelf
Evangelina NelasSelf
Miquelina BarrosSelf
Paulo Jorge GonçalvesSelf
António Semedo MorenoSelf
Paulo NunesSelf
Pedro LanbanSelf
Fernando PaixãoSelf
Zita DuarteZita DuarteSelf

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