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Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
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Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
Original name: Gebo et l'ombre
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Despite his age and general weariness, Gebo keeps on working as an accountant to provide for his family. He lives with his wife, Doroteia, and his daughter-in-law, Sofia, but it is the absence of João, son and husband, that worries them.Gebo seems to be hiding something, especially to Doroteia, who is anxiously waiting to see her son again. Sofia is also waiting for her husband to come home, and yet she fears him. All of a sudden, João arrives and everything changes.
Style: serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, tense, realistic
Plot: poverty, honor, family relations, parents and children, family problems, society, thief, accountant, missing child
Time: 2010s, 19th century
Place: france, portugal
Keyword: portuguese

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Duration: 92 min.
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