

Zona J
1998, Portuguese. Directed by Leonel Vieira.
There are places where love has no place.
Tó, a black boy from Zona J, a tough neighborhood in Lisbon, falls in love with a white girl, Carla. Tó dreams of living in Angola and taking Carla with him. However, the reality the two teens are in complicates their plans...
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
- Rated
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- Released
- 8 December 1998
- Country
- Portugal
- Written by
- Rui Cardoso Martins, Luís Pedro Nunes
- Budget
- $1.3M
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Zona J runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Zona J isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 December 1998. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Zona J?
Zona J (1998) was directed by Leonel Vieira and stars Núria Madruga, Ivo Canelas, Ana Bustorff.