O Desejado (French: Les montagnes de la lune, also known as O Desejado ou As Montanhas da Lua and Mountains Of The Moon) is a 1987 Portuguese-French drama film written and directed by Paulo Rocha and starring Luís Miguel Cintra.[1][2]
| O Desejado | |
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| Directed by | Paulo Rocha |
| Written by | Antoine Lacomblez Manuel de Lucena Paulo Rocha Jorge Silva Melo |
| Based on | novel The Tale of Genji by Shikibu Murasaki |
| Produced by | Paulo Rocha Patrick Sandrin |
| Starring | Luís Miguel Cintra |
| Cinematography | Kôzô Okazaki |
| Music by | Philippe Hersant |
Release date |
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| Languages | Portuguese French |
The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1] The production of the film, and the experience of Yves Afonso, a French actor of Portuguese descent who first visited Portugal because of this film, later inspired Voyage to the Beginning of the World by Manoel de Oliveira.[3]
Plot
editThis article needs a plot summary. (October 2015) |
Cast
edit- Luís Miguel Cintra as João
- Caroline Chaniolleau as Antonia
- Yves Afonso as Laurentino
- Jacques Bonnaffé as Tiago
- Manuela de Freitas as Isabel
- Isabel Ruth as Virginia
- Isabel de Castro as Housekeeper
References
edit- ^ a b Aa. Vv. Variety Film Reviews, Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1988.
- ^ "ESPECIAL PAULO ROCHA: O desejado". Elumiere. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ Alberto Mira (2005). The Cinema of Spain and Portugal. Wallflower Press, 2005. ISBN 1904764444.
External links
edit- O Desejado at IMDb
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