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João Ratão

Directed by Jorge Brum do Canto

Starring Óscar de Lemos, Maria Domingas

João Ratão is one of many young Portuguese soldiers fighting in Flandres, France, during World War I. Back home, he now needs to fight for the love Vitória, to whom he sent love letters from France... written by a fellow soldier. João Ratão is illiterate.