Florbela

Mar 8, 2012

1h 59m

★ 5.0

Overview

Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism and love.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Ukbar Filmes

ICA

RTP

Florbela Trailers

Cast

Florbela Espanca

Dalila Carmo

Mário Lage

Albano Jerónimo

Apeles Espanca

Ivo Canelas

Antónia Lobo

Soraia Chaves

Mariana Inglesa

Maria João Abreu

Ana

Maya Booth

Alberto's Wife

Rute Miranda

Sophia de Arriaga

Rita Loureiro

Henriqueta

Carmen Santos

Júlia Alves

Anabela Teixeira

João Espanca

António Fonseca

António

José Carlos das Neves

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