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Film details

Featuring

Teresa Madruga Laura Soveral Ana Moreira
Director

Miguel Gomes
Countries

France Germany Portugal
Year

2012
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

The film is in two parts. The first, 'Paradise Lost', focuses on an eccentric, enigmatic elderly woman living with her maid in modern Lisbon. The second, essentially a silent film with narration and music, takes us back to the Paradise of the woman's youth in colonial Africa.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Pilar
    
    Teresa Madruga
  - Aurora
    
    Laura Soveral
  - young Aurora
    
    Ana Moreira
  - Gian Luca Ventura
    
    Henrique Espirito Santo
  - young Gian Luca Ventura
    
    Carloto Cotta
  - Santa
    
    Isabel Cardoso
  - Aurora's husband
    
    Ivo Müller
  - Mario
    
    Manuel Mesquita
  - intrepid explorer
    
    Telmo Churro
  - narrator
    
    Miguel Gomes
  - the painter
    
    Candido Ferreira
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Miguel Gomes
  Rights:
  - ©
    
    O Som e a Fúria
  - ©
    
    Komplizenfilm
  - ©
    
    Gullane
  - ©
    
    Shellac Sud
  Production:
  - Presents
    
    O Som e a Fúria
  - Executive Producer
    
    Luís Urbano
  - Executive Producer
    
    Mariana Ricardo
  - Executive Producer
    
    Miguel Gomes
  - Executive Producer
    
    Bruno Lourenço
  - Executive Producer
    
    Telmo Churro
  - Producer
    
    Luís Urbano
  - Producer
    
    Sandro Aguilar
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Miguel Gomes
  - Screenplay
    
    Mariana Ricardo
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Rui Poças
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Telmo Churro
  - Editor
    
    Miguel Gomes
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Bruno Duarte
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Silvia Grabowski
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Vom Pimentel
  Unknown:
  - In co-production with
    
    Komplizenfilm
  - In co-production with
    
    Gullane
  - In co-production with
    
    Shellac Sud
  - In co-production with
    
    ZDF-Arte

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