Island of Loves

2h 50m

6.4

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.

Cast

Luís Miguel Cintra

Wenceslau de Moraes

Isabel / Vénus

Jorge Silva Melo

Camilo Pessanha

Atsuko Murakumo

Crew

Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Producer

Wenceslau de Moraes

Acácio de Almeida

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Takahashi Koizumi

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Executive Producer

João Bénard da Costa

Production Assistant

Ricardo Cordeiro

Production Assistant

João Garção Borges

Production Assistant

Production Assistant

Production Design, Costume Design

Production Design, Costume Design

Takeharu Sakaguchi

Production Design, Costume Design

Maria Paola Porru

Sound Assistant

Sound Recordist

Luiza Neto Jorge

Moriaki Watanabe

Carlos Sequeira

João de Almeida

Manuel Carlos da Silva

Production Secretary

J. Freitas Casaca

Production Secretary

Gabriela Mesquita

Production Secretary