Fontelonga
★ 8 · 2013 · 14m · Drama · Documentary
Fontelonga is a village of Trás-os-Montes, in the interior of Portugal. A mirror of exile in the eyes of their own people. A reflexion where memory is the last object of beauty and redemption.
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