How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal
Comedy1920sportrait of an artistadvertising campaigncontroversial advertisinglisboa, portugalheteronym in literatureshort film
A playful, whimsical comedy about Fernando Pessoa navigating the absurd collision between artistic ambition and authoritarian censorship in 1920s Lisbon.
Lisbon, Portugal, 1927. The writer and journalist Fernando Pessoa accepts from his boss the commission to create an advertising slogan for the drink Coca-Louca; but conservative government authorities consider the new drink as revolutionary as it is diabolical.
Essence
Ensemble
Carloto Cotta
Fernando Pessoa / Álvaro de Campos
Manuel Mozos
Mr. Moitinho de Almeida
Diogo Dória
Minister of Health
Alexandre Pieroni Calado
Mourinho / Poem Voice (voice)
Ricardo Gross
Father Marinheiro Bicha da Horta
Mia Tomé
Painter's Model
Eugène Green
Painter
Zé Branco
Tram Passenger #1
Sofia Bénard da Costa
Tram Passenger #2
Aurora Bénard
Tram Passenger #3
Patrícia Almeida
Tram Passenger #4
Lisa Persson
Tram Passenger #5
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