
Taprobana
Comedy
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Natxo Checa
Natxo Checa
Luís Vaz de Camões
Natxo Checa
Luís Vaz de Camões


Jani Zhao
Jani Zhao
Dinamene
Jani Zhao
Dinamene


Gabriel Abrantes
Gabriel Abrantes
Portuguese Authority
Gabriel Abrantes
Portuguese Authority
David Lasantha
David Lasantha
Opium Dealer
David Lasantha
Opium Dealer
Jõao Pedro Vale
Jõao Pedro Vale
King Philipp II
Jõao Pedro Vale
King Philipp II
Alexandre Melo
Alexandre Melo
Petrarch
Alexandre Melo
Petrarch
Gonçalo Pena
Gonçalo Pena
Homer
Gonçalo Pena
Homer


Édith Scob
Édith Scob
L'Ambassadrice de France en Afghanistan
Édith Scob
L'Ambassadrice de France en Afghanistan
Andreia Cabral
Andreia Cabral
Andreia Cabral


Joana Pais de Brito
Joana Pais de Brito
Nymph III
Joana Pais de Brito
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