This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.
Paulo Rocha
Director
Wenceslau de Moraes
Writer
Luís Miguel Cintra
Wenceslau de Moraes
Clara Joana
Isabel / Vénus
Zita Duarte
Francesca
Jorge Silva Melo
Painter
Paulo Rocha
Camilo Pessanha
Yoshiko Mita
O-Yoné
Atsuko Murakumo
Ko-Haru
Jun Toyokawa
Asataro
Erl Tenni
Atchan
Vitalina Varela66%
Temporada69%
Girl in the Box67%
Holy Lands61%
Silence71%
2 Filhos de Francisco68%
House of Bamboo61%
Elis72%
Lorelei59%
O Filho de Mil Homens74%
47 Ronin62%
Hands of Stone66%
Deep Water58%
Hardball65%
The Count of Monte Cristo76%
Effie Gray59%
Scandalous Sex69%
Reading Lolita in Tehran73%
O Vendedor de Sonhos67%
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl72%
