Under the Sky

Nicholas Oulman

IndieLisboa 2018 • Special Screenings

Portugal, Documentário, 2018, 78′

Between 1933 and 1944 hundreds of thousands of jewish people crossed Europe, fleeing to Portugal, the last door to freedom. Stripped of all their possessions, forced to abandon families, they have left behind not only their country, but also their identities.

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