A serious young man of free spirit is forced by his surroundings to become rich at all costs. A group of blind children tries to open the eyes of the unbelievers to the Christian faith. Retired nuns who open a brothel, to pay the running costs of the convent. These rather ironic paradoxes turn this fairytale into a philosophical fable.
Cast
Melvil Poupaud
Paul / Fils de Mariani / Loup / Le père jeune
Elsa Zylberstein
Lucrezia / Jessica / la Sultane
Lambert Wilson
Sebatol / un Pirate
Christian Vadim
David / un Pirate
Diogo Dória
Mariani / le père de Paul
Rogério Samora
Baniel / un Pirate
Marie-France Pisier
L'inconnue
João Bénard da Costa
Le représentant du gouvernement
Paula Pais
Arianne
José Meireles
Le voleur / un pirate
André Gomes
L'antiquaire / le collectionneur / notable 2
Pedro Hestnes
Marc
Rui Luís
Maître
Francisco Arizia
Socrate
Rita Durão
Paysanne
Ricardo Aibéo
Paysan
Francisco Nascimento
Paysan
Mafalda Vilhena
Femme de Sabatol
Cecília Guimarães
Dame
Duarte Barrilaro Ruas
Inquisiteur
Jean-Louis Michel
Etudiant
Marina Albuquerque
Femme du Capitaine
David Almeida
Le Capitaine
José Manuel Mendes
L'homme chien
Isabel Branco
La mère supérieure
Mathieu Demy
Paul / loup (voice)
Laurent Malet
Paul / Le père (voice)
Crew
Raúl Ruiz
Director, Screenplay
Valeria Sarmiento
Editor
Acácio de Almeida
Director of Photography
Laurent Baudens
Executive Producer
Valentina Merli
Executive Producer
Paulo Branco
Producer
Isabel Branco
Production Design, Costume Design
Marielle Duigou
Post-Production Manager
Maria da Luz D'Orey
Assistant Costume Designer
Philippe Mangin
Hairstylist
Emmanuelle Fèvre
Makeup Artist
Catarina Salles
Makeup Artist
Joao Pipa
Assistant Art Director
Georges-Henri Mauchant
Sound Editor
Jason Swanscott
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nicolas d'Halluin
Sound Recordist
Jorge Arriagada
Original Music Composer
Francisco Oliveira
Still Photographer
Joaquim Carvalho
Production Manager
Hacène Belkhadra
Unit Production Manager
