A Ilha dos Amores 1982

This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.

Cast:

Luís Miguel Cintra
Wenceslau de Moraes 

Clara Joana
Isabel / Vénus 

Zita Duarte
Francesca 

Jorge Silva Melo
Painter 

Paulo Rocha
Camilo Pessanha 

Yoshiko Mita
O-Yoné