The Heart's Root

Name: The Heart's Root
Director: Paulo Rocha
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000-10-18T
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 5.0
Cast: Luís Miguel Cintra, Joana Bárcia, Isabel Ruth, Melvil Poupaud, Miguel Guilherme

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Set in the Lisbon during the festivities of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lovers and the old town. The story is about Cato, a nationalist politician who is charismatic and unscrupulous. He obsessively pursues Silvia, a mystical and mysterious young transvestite whom he meets at the festival. When Silvia runs into Vicente, a policeman who arrests transvestites and threatens them, Silvia must look towards blackmail to save herself. Compromising photos of Cato start to emerge among opposition parties and he must do all in his power to save his political career.

Actor: Luís Miguel Cintra, Joana Bárcia, Isabel Ruth, Melvil Poupaud, Miguel Guilherme, António Durães, Fernando Heitor, Teresa Roby, Manuel Mozos, Carla Chambel

Director: Paulo Rocha

Years: 2000

Country: France, Portugal

Quality: HD

Production: RTP, Suma Filmes, Boomerang Productions, Les Films de l'Atalante, ARTE France Cinéma

The Heart's Root

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