''Listen'' is a 2020 Portuguese

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written and directed by Ana Rocha de Sousa that stars

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and

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. The film premiered in the Horizon section of the

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, in which it won the Special Jury Prize. It was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the

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. However, in December 2020 the film was disqualified, as more than half of its dialogue was in English.

Plot

A Portuguese couple living in London have their three children taken away from them by social services, and they fight to get them back.

Cast

as Bela *

as Ann Payne * Ruben Garcia as Jota * Kiran Sonia Sawar as Anjali * James Felner as Diego * Brian Bovell as Social services officer * Maisie Sly as Lu *

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as Teacher * Jon Rumney as Shop owner

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* 2020 films 2020 drama films 2020s Portuguese-language films 2020s English-language films 2020 multilingual films Portuguese drama films Films about families Films set in London Portuguese multilingual films Sophia Award winners {{2020s-drama-film-stub

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