Lourenço is the son of Francisco Figueiredo, a soccer coach in the beginning of a very promising career. Everything goes well: Francisco's team is in the Portuguese Cup final and Lourenço is going to be class valedictorian in a very prestigious private high school. But everything starts to collapse. Francisco is fired and Lourenço must transfer to a public high school whose students are predominantly from a ghetto near Lisbon. While Lourenço is fighting to fit into a new and harsh reality, he also helps his father find his lost dignity. Hope is a strange place.
| Release Date | September 17, 2009 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera | |
| Runtime | 2h 2min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Original Language | Portuguese | |
| Production Countries | Portugal | |
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