Island of Loves
A Ilha dos Amores
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.
Paulo Rocha Director Elso Roque Director of Photography Acácio de Almeida Director of Photography Kōzō Okazaki Director of Photography Paulo Rocha Screenplay Wenceslau de Moraes Writer Paulo Rocha Producer Etsuko Takano Producer Batica Production Design Takeharu Sakaguchi Production Design Cristina Reis Production Design Batica Costume Design
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