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Paths

Paths

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Paths

1978

2h 0m

7.4(13 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Overview

Parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during increasingly contemporary time periods.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Carmen Duarte

Branca-Flor

Manuela de Freitas

Atena

Virgilio Branco

The Devil

Luís de Sousa Costa

The Father

Francisco Domingues

The Storyteller

Margarida Gil

Margarida Gil

The Girl / The Devil's Woman

Sílvia Gomes Ferreira

The Young Creature of the Elms and Waters

João Guedes

João Guedes

The Lord of the Lands

António Mendes

The Wanderer / The Shepherd

João César Monteiro

João César Monteiro

The Monk / The Boss of the Thieves

Creative team

Directed by: João César Monteiro
Written by: Carlos D'Oliveira
José Gomes Ferreira
Produced by: Henrique Espírito Santo

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