Dying to Go Home

Dying to Go Home (Portuguese: Mortinho por Chegar a Casa) is a Dutch-Portuguese film released in 1996.

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 appears in his sister's dream and asks her to go to Amsterdam in order to retrieve his body.

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