Our Consul in Havana
O Nosso Cônsul em Havana
Release: 2019-07-17
·Runtime: 110m
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Portugal
Production Companies
RTP
Cast
António Capelo
as Blas
João Lagarto
as Andrade Corvo
Mafalda Banquart
as Mollie Bidwell
Luísa Cruz
as Mary Bidwell
Jorge Pinto
as General Bidwell
Joana Carvalho
as D. Antónia
Joaquim Nicolau
as Esteves
José Eduardo
as Paco
Ivo Arroja
as Juan
João Pamplona
as Paisana 2
Elmano Sancho
as Eça de Queiroz
Rodrigo Santos
as Torradellas
Pedro Frias
as Sanchez Morales
