In 2011 Portugal began the so-called "year of the Troika" (EU, IMF and ECB budget cuts and economic restructuring), with the level of debt among the Portuguese people reaching staggering amounts and a growing number of families and companies unable to repay their installment loans. Jorge is an unemployed boxer on the verge of losing his son and his wife, who has decided to return to Brazil. As a means of paying off his debt and persuading his wife to remain in Portugal, Jorge accepts a job with a debt-collection agency, which will drag him into a world of violence and crime.
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Dr. Nam, in his will, requests that his eldest daughter, Jeong-hui(Choe Eun-hui), marry a painter na...
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Eternal daydreamer Mel can't wait to quit her sucky catering job and fly to her dream destination: P...
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A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there...
One night, the phone rings in a traditional Portuguese snack bar from the country side. The Spanish ...
Pushed by debt to the point of despair, Nugie is forced to take her terminally ill mother to the sak...
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