Ivo Ferreira
Original screenplay by Ivo M. Ferreira, Bruno Vieira do Amaral, Hélder Beja, inspired by "The Life and Deaths of Faustino Cavaco", by Faustino Cavaco
APM - Actions per Minute
17th of November 2024
João Estima, Ivo Canelas, Adriano Luz, Jani Zhao, Adriano Carvalho, Carloto Cotta, Gonçalo Waddington, Isac Graça, João Pedro Mamede, Pedro Carraca, Vera Moura, Ana Bustorff, José Neto, Rui Morrisson, Zeca Medeiros
Lisboa, Algarve and Santarém
Portugal. Early 80’s. A group of criminals spreads terror across the Algarve, with more than twenty bank robberies. The gang is led by a man they call “the Doctor” and a carpenter named Faustino Cavaco with the nickname “the Cowboy”. Faustino was captured and sentenced to eighteen years in prison, he was the leading figure of the bloodiest prison escape in Portuguese history.