In this short comedy, Luis Vaz de Camoes, the greatest Portuguese renaissance poet, struggles creatively while engaging in a hedonistic, coprophagic, and drug addled lifestyle. The film follows the poet, and his lover Dinamene, as he writes his masterpiece, the epic poem "Os Lusiadas." He travels from the cacophony of the Indic jungles, surrounded by allegorical elephants and rhyming macaques, to the frontier of Heaven and Hell, where he is confronted by his fantasy: fame and immortality.
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Cast
28 people
Natxo Checa
Luís Vaz de Camões
Also in
Freud und Friends
Here in Lisbon
Jani Zhao
Dinamene
Known for
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Hugo Leitão
Gabriel Abrantes
Portuguese Authority
Also in
A History of Mutual Respect
Freud und Friends
Vimukthi Jayasundara
Also in
Matha
Joana Botelho
David Lasantha
Opium Dealer
UG Punchi Banda
Male Farmer
Jõao Pedro Vale
King Philipp II
Also in
A Brief History of Princess X
Luís Vaz de Camões
Patricia Drati
B Wimalawate
Women Farmer
Gabriel Abrantes Director · Vimukthi Jayasundara Screenplay David Lasantha Screenplay
United States release March 25, 2015 · Produced in Denmark, Portugal, Sri Lanka · Languages French, Portuguese, Spanish
Production
DOX:LAB
Production
A Mutual Respect Productions
Production
A Mutual Respect
Production
Denmark · Portugal · Sri Lanka
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
French · Portuguese · Spanish
Release dates
Germany · February 10, 2014
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
France · June 11, 2014
Theatrical
United States · March 25, 2015
New Directors/New Films
Belgium
October 18, 2014 · Gent International Film Festival
Canada
September 1, 2014 · Toronto International Film Festival
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