historical figure,historical fiction,exotic locale,curta,portuguese discoveries

Taprobana (2014)

Poster for Taprobana

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

Director
Gabriel Abrantes
  • Profile picture of Jani Zhao
    Dinamene Jani Zhao
  • Profile picture of Gabriel Abrantes
    Portuguese Authority Gabriel Abrantes
  • Profile picture of Édith Scob
    L'Ambassadrice de France en Afghanistan Édith Scob
  • Profile picture of Joana Pais de Brito
    Nymph III Joana Pais de Brito

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Keywords

  • historical figure
  • historical fiction
  • exotic locale
  • curta
  • portuguese discoveries