Island of Loves

Island of Loves

A Ilha dos Amores
🎞️ Movie 170 min PT
โ˜… 7.1 /10 1982

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
Luís Miguel Cintra
Wenceslau de Moraes
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Clara Joana
Isabel
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Clara Joana
Venus
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Zita Duarte
Francesca
Jorge Silva Melo
Jorge Silva Melo
Painter
Paulo Rocha
Paulo Rocha
Camilo Pessanha
Yoshiko Mita
Yoshiko Mita
O-Yoné
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Atsuko Murakumo
Ko-Haru
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Jun Toyokawa
Asatarô
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Erl Tenni
Atchan
Lai Wang
Lai Wang
Chinese mother
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Paulo Brandão
Composer
Acácio de Almeida
Acácio de Almeida
Cinematographer
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Kōzō Okazaki
Cinematographer
Elso Roque
Elso Roque
Cinematographer