Letters from War (film)

Letters from War (Portuguese: Cartas da Guerra) is a 2016 Portuguese drama film directed by Ivo M. Ferreira and based on the letter collection D'este viver aqui neste papel descripto by António Lobo Antunes.^[1][2] It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.^[6][1] It was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.^[7]

Letters from War
Film poster
Cartas da Guerra
Directed by	Ivo M. Ferreira
Written by	Ivo M. Ferreira, Edgar Medina António Lobo Antunes
Based on	D'este viver aqui neste papel descripto by António Lobo Antunes
Produced by	Luis Urbano[1]
Starring	Miguel Nunes Margarida Vila-Nova Ricardo Pereira João Pedro Vaz João Pedro Mamede Gonçalo Carvalho Francisco Hestnes
Cinematography	João Ribeiro
Edited by	Sandro Aguilar
Production company	O Som e a Furia[2]
Distributed by	O Som e a Furia[2]
Release dates	14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) (Berlinale) 1 September 2016 (2016-09-01) (Portugal)
Running time	105 minutes[3]
Country	Portugal
Language	Portuguese
Box office	$118,523[4][5]

Cast

• Miguel Nunes as António^[2]
• Margarida Vila-Nova as Maria José^[2]
• Ricardo Pereira^[3]
• João Pedro Vaz^[3]
• João Pedro Mamede^[3]
• Simão Cayatte^[2]
• Isac Graça^[2]
• Gonçalo Carvalho
• Francisco Hestnes

See also

• List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film