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Tabu

"Aurora had a farm in Africa, at the foot of Mount Tabu…"

7.0(169 votes)
2012
2h 0m
DramaRomance

Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.

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Production

Companies:
O Som e a Fúria
Komplizen Film
Gullane Entretenimento

Languages

Original:pt
Spoken:
EnglishPolishPortuguese

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