Dying to Go Home

Dying to Go Home (Portuguese: Mortinho por Chegar a Casa) is a Dutch-Portuguese film released in 1996. It was directed by Carlos da Silva and George Sluizer, starring Diogo Infante (as Manuel Espírito Santo) and Maria d'Aires (as Júlia Espírito Santo).^[1] The story takes place in Portugal and the Netherlands. Three languages are used during the movie (Portuguese, Dutch and English).

Dying to Go Home
Dutch theatrical release poster
Directed by	Carlos da Silva George Sluizer
Written by	Carlos da Silva Jennifer Field
Produced by	Carlos da Silva George Sluizer
Starring	Diogo Infante Maria D'Aires Jack Wouterse Huub Stapel
Cinematography	Theo Bierkens
Edited by	Mario Steenbergen
Music by	Henny Vrienten
Production companies	Taiga Films Katholieke Radio Omroep
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	18 October 1996 (1996-10-18)
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	Netherlands Portugal
Languages	Dutch Portuguese English

Plot

Manuel Espírito Santo (whose surname means Holy Spirit), a Portuguese immigrant in the Netherlands suffers an accident and dies. Now a ghost, he discovers that his soul cannot rest unless his body is buried in his home country. He also discovers that he can appear in living people's dreams and thereby talk with them. He appears in his sister's dream and asks her to go to Amsterdam in order to retrieve his body.

Trivia

Portuguese comedian Herman José has a minor role as Vasco da Gama.