

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.

Wenceslau de Moraes
Isabel / Vénus

Francesca

Painter

Camilo Pessanha

O-Yoné
Ko-Haru
Asataro

Movie / 1988

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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.

Movie / 1988

Movie / 2023

Movie / 1990

Movie / 2023

Movie / 1996

Movie / 1985

Movie / 2020

Movie / 2007

Movie / 2000

Movie / 2013

Movie / 1952

Movie / 1987

Movie / 2018

Movie / 2006

Movie / 1982

Movie / 1993

Movie / 2006

Movie / 1964

Movie / 1999

Movie / 1969