Island of Loves (1982)
A Ilha dos Amores
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.
- Date of release
- 1982-06-08
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Paulo Rocha
Casting
- 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
- Wang Lai — Chinese mother
Interesting facts
A Ilha dos Amores is a 1982 Portuguese-Japanese drama film directed by Paulo Rocha. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
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