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From then on, everything happens fast. The boy was
Portuguese. The Portuguese community in France never talks.
Silence is its rule. But Cidalia wants to know: she wants the
truth. She is thirty-six years of age. A cleaning woman. As
she pursues her crusade, her battle for change, the community
turns against her. "This is France", they say, "We are not at
home here. We want no trouble." Faced with the blank wall of
collective embarrassment, Cidalia won't keep quiet. She is
ostracized. She loses friends, job, family. But one thing she
gains: a life of her own.
