Rosas de Ermera

Luis Filipe Rocha

IndieLisboa 2017 • Special Screenings

Portugal, Documentary, 2017, 125′

A few months before WW2 a family is torn apart: Maria goes to Timor, her brothers to Portugal. After Japan invaded Timor and Maria is sent to a prisoner’s camp, her family fears the worst. A documentary about a silenced period in Portuguese history.

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