Drama · Portugal · 2019 · 1h 50m

Our Consul in Havana

O Nosso Cônsul em Havana

Our Consul in Havana poster
Director
Francisco Manso
Cast
Elmano Sancho as Eça de Queiroz Mafalda Banquart as Mollie Bidwell Luísa Cruz as Mary Bidwell Rodrigo Santos as Torradellas Jorge Pinto as General Bidwell Pedro Frias as Sanchez Morales
Crew
José António Loureiro — Director of Photography José Diogo Ferreira — Editor Miguel Cardoso Faria — Editor José Fanha — Writer António Torrado — Writer Francisco Manso — Producer
Synopsis

The film is liberally inspired by the period when Eça de Queiroz was Portuguese Consul in Cuba, when still a Spanish colony. Eça de Queiroz struggles against local authorities in his defense of Chinese workers, brought to the sugar plantations by greedy middlemen and exploited as slaves. Two parallel stories unfold, that of a Chinese girl which Eça de Queiroz saves from the clutches of one of the island’s most powerful slave owners, and the other of a romance involving a young American woman on holidays in Havana.

Mood & Themes
spaincubaconsulhavana, cuba19th centuryhispanic monarchy (spanish empire)1870santero de quentaleça de queiroz
Key Collaborators
Francisco Manso Director José António Loureiro Director of Photography José Diogo Ferreira Editor Miguel Cardoso Faria Editor José Fanha Writer António Torrado Writer Francisco Manso Producer Lola Sousa Costume Design
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