How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal

How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal

How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal

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How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal

2018

0h 27m

6.3(20 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

Noodles Production

Les Films du Fleuve

O Som e a Fúria

RTP

France Télévisions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Carloto Cotta

Carloto Cotta

Fernando Pessoa / Álvaro de Campos

Manuel Mozos

Manuel Mozos

Mr. Moitinho de Almeida

Diogo Dória

Diogo Dória

Minister of Health

Alexandre Pieroni Calado

Mourinho / Poem Voice (voice)

Ricardo Gross

Father Marinheiro Bicha da Horta

Mia Tomé

Painter's Model

Eugène Green

Eugène Green

Painter

Zé Branco

Tram Passenger #1

Sofia Bénard da Costa

Sofia Bénard da Costa

Tram Passenger #2

Aurora Bénard

Tram Passenger #3

Creative team

Directed by: Eugène Green
Written by: Eugène Green
Produced by: Luc Dardenne
Luís Urbano

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