How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal

How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal

Directed by Eugène Green

Produced by Noodles Production, Les Films du Fleuve

201827 min6.4 / 10

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.

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  • Is How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Does How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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