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How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal
6.3 / 10• 2018• 27m•NR• Portuguese
Comedy
Storyline
Lisbon, Portugal, 1927. The writer and journalist Fernando Pessoa accepts from his boss the commission to create an advertising slogan for the drink Coca-Louca; but conservative government authorities consider the new drink as revolutionary as it is diabolical.
Cast & Crew
Carloto Cotta
Fernando Pessoa / Álvaro de Campos
Lead
Manuel Mozos
Mr. Moitinho de Almeida
Diogo Dória
Minister of Health
AP
Alexandre Pieroni Calado
Mourinho / Poem Voice (voice)
RG
Ricardo Gross
Father Marinheiro Bicha da Horta
MT
Mia Tomé
Painter's Model
Eugène Green
Painter
ZB
Zé Branco
Tram Passenger #1
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Eugène Green's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
