The Mountains of the Moon (1987)
1h 57m
Running Time
September 1, 1987Release Date
The Mountains of the Moon (1987)
1h 57m
Running Time
September 1, 1987Release Date
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Plot.
This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel Cintra) is a left-wing political leader and ladies man with a bright future. His ex-wife Isabel (Manuela de Freitas) both loves and hates him as Joao plays on her wavering emotional state. He is sent to Italy to retrieve wayward family member Antonia (Caroline Chaniolleau), the beautiful young woman with a terrorist boyfriend. Joao is forced to recognize his feelings as the political and amorous climate changes around him.
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Cast & Crew.
Luís Miguel Cintra
Joãp
Caroline Chaniolleau
Antonia
Yves Afonso
Laurentino
Jacques Bonnaffé
Tiago
Manuela de Freitas
Isabel
Paulo Rocha
Director
João Bénard da Costa
Salvador
Antoine Lacomblez
Writer
Isabel de Castro
Housekeeper
Manuel de Lucena
Writer
Murasaki Shikibu
Writer
Zita Duarte
Teacher
Jorge Silva Melo
Writer
Canto e Castro
(voice)
Patrick Sandrin
Producer
Pedro Hestnes
(voice)
Mariana Rey Monteiro
Tiago's Grandmother
Armando Cortez
Amadeu
João Canijo
Assistant Director
Christiane Lack
Editor
Kōzō Okazaki
Director of Photography
Joaquim Pinto
Sound Designer
Philippe Hersant
Original Music Composer
Manuel Mozos
Assistant Editor
Details.
Wiki.
O Desejado (French: Les montagnes de la lune, also known as O Desejado ou As Montanhas da Lua and Mountains Of The Moon) is a 1987 Portuguese-French drama film written and directed by Paulo Rocha and starring Luís Miguel Cintra.The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The production of the film, and the experience of Yves Afonso, a French actor of Portuguese descent who first visited Portugal because of this film, later inspired Voyage to the Beginning of the World by Manoel de Oliveira.