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When I Was Alive is a brésilien film of genre Drama directed by Marco Dutra with Antônio Fagundes
When I Was Alive (2014)
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Add to a movie listQuando Eu Era Vivo (English: When I Was Alive) is a 2014 Brazilian drama-thriller film directed by Marco Dutra, based on the novel A Arte de Produzir Efeito Sem Causa by Lourenço Mutarelli.
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Junior (Marat Descartes) back to live with his family after he lost his job and got separated from his wife. Upon arriving in the house that once was his home, he feels like a stranger and spends his days on the couch of the old Senior (Antonio Fagundes) brooding over the separation, unemployment and dreaming of the young tenant Bruna (Sandy Leah). After finding a few objects that belonged to his mother, Junior begins to want to know all about the history of the family and develops a strange obsession with the past, passing to confuse delusion and reality.Actors
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