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
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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 / 2025
Movie / 2024
Movie / 2025
Movie / 2004
Movie / 2015
Movie / 1999
Movie / 1956
Movie / 2000
Movie / 2011
Movie / 1999
Movie / 2020
Movie / 1988
Movie / 1985
Movie / 2014
Movie / 1993
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2025
Movie / 1990
Movie / 2014