

Taprobana
2014-06-11 · 24 min · ★ 5.7
In this short comedy, Luis Vaz de Camoes, the greatest Portuguese renaissance poet, struggles creatively while engaging in a hedonistic, coprophagic, and drug addled lifestyle. The film follows the poet, and his lover Dinamene, as he writes his masterpiece, the epic poem "Os Lusiadas." He travels from the cacophony of the Indic jungles, surrounded by allegorical elephants and rhyming macaques, to the frontier of Heaven and Hell, where he is confronted by his fantasy: fame and immortality.
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- Directors
- Gabriel Abrantes
- Production companies
- DOX:LAB, A Mutual Respect Productions
- Countries
- Denmark, Portugal, Sri Lanka
- Status
- Released
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Jani ZhaoDinamene
Gabriel AbrantesPortuguese Authority
Édith ScobL'Ambassadrice de France en Afghanistan
Joana Pais de BritoNymph IIITitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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