Our Consul in Havana

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 17, 2019

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Countries

Portugal

Production

RTP

Cast

João Pamplona,António Capelo,Rodrigo Santos,Luísa Cruz,Joaquim Nicolau,João Lagarto,Pedro Frias,Ivo Arroja,Mafalda Banquart,Joana Carvalhoand 3 more

Director

Francisco Manso

Writer

José Fanha,António Torrado

Producer

Francisco Manso

Cinematography

José António Loureiro

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt11465994