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The Mountains of the Moon (1987)
Directed by Paulo Rocha
Drama · 1h 57m
This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel Cintra) is a left-wing political leader and ladies man with a bright future. His ex-wife Isabel (Manuela de Freitas) both loves and hates him as Joao plays on her wavering emotional state. He is sent to Italy to retrieve wayward family member Antonia (Caroline Chaniolleau), the beautiful young woman with a terrorist boyfriend. Joao is forced to recognize his feelings as the political and amorous climate changes around him.
Cast
Luís Miguel Cintra
Caroline Chaniolleau
Yves Afonso
Jacques Bonnaffé
Manuela de Freitas
João Bénard da Costa
Isabel de Castro
Zita Duarte
Isabel Ruth
Canto e Castro
Pedro Hestnes
Crew
- Director
- Paulo Rocha
- Screenplay
- Manuel de Lucena, Paulo Rocha, Antoine Lacomblez, Jorge Silva Melo
- Director of Photography
- Kōzō Okazaki
- Original Music Composer
- Philippe Hersant
- Editor
- Christiane Lack
- Producer
- Paulo Rocha, Patrick Sandrin
Details
- Original title
- O Desejado
- Release date
- 1987-09-01
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- French, English, Italian, Portuguese
- Countries
- Portugal, France
- Production
- La Sept Cinéma, Suma Filmes, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Arion Productions, CNC, RTP