The Mountains of the Moon
O Desejado
Release: 1987-09-01
·Runtime: 117m
·★ 5.3
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Portugal
France
Production Companies
La Sept Cinéma
Suma Filmes
Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Arion Productions
CNC
RTP
Cast
Luís Miguel Cintra
as João
Caroline Chaniolleau
as Antónia
Yves Afonso
as Laurentino
Jacques Bonnaffé
as Tiago
Manuela de Freitas
as Isabel
João Bénard da Costa
as Salvador
Isabel de Castro
as Housekeeper
Inês de Medeiros
Zita Duarte
as Teacher
Isabel Ruth
Canto e Castro
as (voice)
Pedro Hestnes
as (voice)
Mariana Rey Monteiro
as Tiago's Grandmother
Armando Cortez
as Amadeu
Crew
Philippe Hersant
Original Music Composer
Paulo Rocha
Producer
Paulo Rocha
Director
Manuel Mozos
Assistant Editor
João Canijo
Assistant Director
Jorge Silva Melo
Screenplay
Jasmim de Matos
Production Design
Paulo Rocha
Screenplay
Antoine Lacomblez
Screenplay
Joaquim Pinto
Sound Designer
Vasco Pimentel
Sound Designer