App Icon
Icon Search

Ruth

Drama
★6.7

1960. The event that stirred up Portugal.

This is the story of a young Mozambican footballer called Eusébio, a gifted athlete destined to great achievements, coveted by rival clubs, Sporting and Benfica, which ends up hiring him. Blackmail, kidnapping attempts, ministers involved, press hysteria and huge money offers make the story of this football transfer into a saga evolving between the two continents. It ends up when the legend begins: with Eusébio’s first match at the Benfica Stadium.

António Pinhão Botelho

Director

Leonor Pinhão

Writers

Paulo Branco

Producers

$0

Budget

$38110

Revenue

03-05-2018

Release Date

PT

Country

6.7

Rating

7

Votes

-

Age Rating

120 min

Runtime

Released

Status

Portuguese

Language

Popular actors
Media

View all media:

All Media
Медиа изображение
Медиа изображениеМедиа изображениеМедиа изображение
Director
António Pinhão Botelho

António Pinhão Botelho

Born in Lisbon, in 1986, António Pinhão Botelho is a Portuguese actor and director. Graduating from Lisbon’s Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema in 2008. Pinhão Botelho released the short-film O Rio in 2014. By 2018 the director presented his first feature, Ruth, detailing an important moment in Eusébio da Silva Ferreira’s life – one of the most important portuguese soccer players. He was also assistant director of Le Cahier Noir (Valéria Sarmiento, 2018) and The Domain (Tiago Guedes, 2019).

0.0

The River

The River

2014, Romance

8.0

Blackpot

Blackpot

2023,

Related Movies

You might like it