The Heart's Root
A Raiz do Coração
Release: 2000-10-18
·Runtime: 118m
·★ 5.7
Drama
Set in the Lisbon during the festivities of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lovers and the old town. The story is about Cato, a nationalist politician who is charismatic and unscrupulous. He obsessively pursues Silvia, a mystical and mysterious young transvestite whom he meets at the festival. When Silvia runs into Vicente, a policeman who arrests transvestites and threatens them, Silvia must look towards blackmail to save herself. Compromising photos of Cato start to emerge among opposition parties and he must do all in his power to save his political career.
Production Countries
France
Portugal
Production Companies
RTP
Suma Filmes
Boomerang Productions
Les Films de l'Atalante
ARTE France Cinéma
Cast
Melvil Poupaud
as Vicente Corvo
Manuela de Freitas
as Mrs. Assembleia
Miguel Guilherme
as Oscar
Teresa Roby
as Babies' Mother
Pedro Pernas
Fernando Heitor
as Roberta
Ana Deus
as Linda
Paulo Pinto
as Voice of Vicente Corvo
António Durães
as Infante
Manuel Mozos
as Young Man at the Party
Carla Chambel
Luís Miguel Cintra
as Catão
Joana Bárcia
as Sílvia
Isabel Ruth
as Ju
