Sunday Drive
The Idalecio family is close to imploding emotionally. During the weekly Sunday drive all falls apart. It starts with a claustrophobic car trip through town. Nagging children, football on the radio, a mother in law with a sharp tongue, a new pregnancy. It is a day of unhappiness, a day that will turn around their lives. An anti-Sunday.
José Miguel Ribeiro
Virgílio Almeida
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by José Miguel Ribeiro
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