Rafa (2012)
Overview
Rafa is a 13 years old kid concerned with his mother, held in a police station for driving without a license. The director shows a day in the life of a teenager who lives on a problematic area and discovers that her mother was arrested because of an automobile accident.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | pt |
| Popularity | 0.901 |
Directed By
João Salaviza
Crew
João Salaviza
João Salaviza
Maria João Mayer
Vasco Viana
João Salaviza
Olivier Blanc
Nádia Santos Henriques
TOP CAST
Rodrigo Perdigão
Rafa
Joana de Verona
Sónia
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