América (in Russian: Америка) is a 2010 Portuguese-Russian drama film, directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by Portuguese director João Nuno Pinto. The film stars Chulpan Khamatova, Fernando Luís, María Barranco and Manuel Custódia. It is a story about illegal immigration, crime and drug dealing. It marks the directorial debut of João Nuno Pinto.

América
Film poster
Directed byJoão Nuno Pinto
Written by
  • Luísa Costa Gomes
  • Melanie Dimantas
Produced by
  • Miguel Varela
  • Pandora da Cunha Telles
Starring
CinematographyCarlos Lopes
Edited byLuca Alverdi
Music byMikel Salas
Production
companies
  • Ukbar Filmes
  • Plan2Play LLC
Distributed by
Release dates
  • November 2010 (2010-11) (Huelva)[1]
  • May 26, 2011 (2011-05-26) (Portugal)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagesPortuguese, Spanish, Russian, Cape Verdean Creole

The film premiered at the 2010 Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "AMERICA". Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ "ANDALUCÍA.-Huelva.- Cultura.- El portugués Joao Nuno Pinto reflexiona en 'América' sobre la "nueva realidad" de la inmigración - EcoDiario.es". ecodiario.eleconomista.es. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Cinema: "América", de João Nuno Pinto, estreia hoje, com Raúl Solnado entre os atores".
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