In Vanda's Room

An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.

Cast

Vanda Duarte

as Herself

Lena Duarte

as Herself

Zita Duarte

as Herself

Manuel Gomes Miranda

Diogo Pires Miranda

Evangelina Nelas

Miquelina Barros

Paulo Jorge Gonçalves

António Semedo Moreno

as Himself

Paulo Nunes

as Himself

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