Taprobana

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Natxo Checa

Natxo ChecaLuís Vaz de Camões

Jani ZhaoDinamene

Gabriel AbrantesPortuguese Authority

David Lasantha

David LasanthaOpium Dealer

Jõao Pedro Vale

Jõao Pedro ValeKing Philipp II

Alexandre Melo

Alexandre MeloPetrarch

Gonçalo Pena

Gonçalo PenaHomer

Édith ScobL'Ambassadrice de France en Afghanistan

Andreia Cabral

Andreia CabralCast

Joana Pais de BritoNymph III