Thriller · Portugal · 1989 · 1h 35m

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

Director

Cast

Tom Waits as Silva Damon Lowry as Johnny Fortune Júlia Britton as Laura Isabel Ruth as Mrs J Charlotte Coleman as Kate Bill Paterson as Jordan

Crew

Ann Guedes — Writer Eduardo Guedes — Writer

Synopsis

Johnny Fortune (Damon Lowry) is no good to anyone, not mean, but just no good. Surrounded by violence and dishonesty, Johnny lives with Kate. Johnny messes up, he loses a lot of money, his girlfriend Kate's money. Alone, desperate and on the run from a couple of hit-men, he applies for a job as an entertainer's assistant becoming a dancing bear. Unwittingly learning of secrets around him, his past catches up with him.

Mood & Themes

woman director

Key Collaborators

Ann Guedes Director Eduardo Guedes Director Ann Guedes Writer Eduardo Guedes Writer

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