Island of Loves (1982)

6.5/10 • 170 min • Drama

Overview

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

Zita Duarte

Jorge Silva Melo

Paulo Rocha

Camilo Pessanha

Yoshiko Mita

O-Yoné

Wang Lai

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