How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal

Oct 11, 2018

0h 27m

★ 6.4

Overview

Lisbon, Portugal, 1927. The writer and journalist Fernando Pessoa accepts from his boss the commission to create an advertising slogan for the drink Coca-Louca; but conservative government authorities consider the new drink as revolutionary as it is diabolical.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Noodles Production

Les Films du Fleuve

O Som e a Fúria

RTP

France Télévisions

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Cast

Fernando Pessoa / Álvaro de Campos

Carloto Cotta

Mr. Moitinho de Almeida

Manuel Mozos

Minister of Health

Diogo Dória

Mourinho / Poem Voice (voice)

Alexandre Pieroni Calado

Father Marinheiro Bicha da Horta

Ricardo Gross

Painter's Model

Mia Tomé

Painter

Eugène Green

Tram Passenger #1

Zé Branco

Tram Passenger #2

Sofia Bénard da Costa

Tram Passenger #3

Aurora Bénard

Tram Passenger #4

Patrícia Almeida

Tram Passenger #5

Lisa Persson

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