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Day of Despair is a portugais film of genre Drama directed by Manoel de Oliveira with Mário Barroso

Day of Despair (1992)

O Dia do Desespero

Day of Despair
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Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginPortugal
Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating67% 3.371433.371433.371433.371433.37143

Day of Despair (Portuguese: O Dia do Desespero) is a 1992 Portuguese drama film based on the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco. It was directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Actors

Mário Barroso

(Camilo Castelo Branco)
Luís Miguel Cintra

(Freitas Fortuna)
Teresa Madruga

(Ana Plácido)
Diogo Dória

(Dr. Edmundo Magalhães)
Diogo Dória

(Dr. Edmundo Magalhães)
Ruy de Carvalho
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