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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Elmano Sancho, Mafalda Banquart, Luísa Cruz, Rodrigo Santos, Jorge Pinto, Pedro Frias
Crew: Francisco Manso (Director), António Torrado (Writer), José Fanha (Writer), Francisco Manso (Producer), José António Loureiro (Director of Photography), Andreia Bertini (Colorist)
Country: Portugal
Language: Português
Studio: RTP
Runtime: 110 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 17, 2019
IMDb: 10
