Get a Life
2001, Portuguese. Directed by João Canijo.
During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between a youth gang and the cops in a suburb of Paris. Cidalia, a 36 year old cleaning woman, his mother, decides to defy the code of silence of the Portuguese community and tries to find the truth. She losses her friends, her job and her family but gains a life.
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 4 May 2001
- Original title
- Ganhar a Vida
- Country
- France, Portugal
- Written by
- Pierre Hodgson, João Canijo, Celine Pouillon
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Get a Life runs 115 minutes (1h 55m).
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Get a Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 May 2001. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Get a Life?
Get a Life (2001) was directed by João Canijo and stars Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Teresa Madruga.