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Island of Loves

6.5(9)19822h 50m2

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.

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Status
Released
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Language
Portuguese
  • japan
  • portugal

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Director

Paulo Rocha

Produced in

Portugal

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Release dates

  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival19 May 1982
    • Theatrical23 Apr 1986
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalThessaloniki International Film Festival15 Nov 1999
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical12 Mar 1983
    • PremierePortuguese Cinema Festival19 Sept 2010
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical8 Jun 1982
    • PremiereFigueira da Foz Film Festival12 Sept 1982
    • Theatrical (limited)Cinemateca Portuguesa6 May 1983
    • TheatricalFestival Internacional de Cinema de Figueira da Foz8 Sept 1985
    • Theatrical8 Mar 1991
    • PremierePorto/Post/Doc (restored version)30 Nov 2019
    • PremiereTheatro Gil Vicente, Barcelos (Cineclube ZOOM)25 Oct 2022

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Island of Loves was released on 8 June 1982.

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