Taprobana
by Gabriel Abrantes, 2014
– The poem pleases your Excellency?
– I was nodding off the first ten cantos, but these poets are so intelligent. They put a
sex scene in the end, and I forget I didn’t understand the rest. Such sophisticated
engineering. A profound inspiration.
A sensuous and debauched portrait of Portugal’s national poet Luís Vaz de Camões teetering on the borderline between Paradise and Hell.
Directing:
Gabriel Abrantes
Scriptwriting:
Gabriel Abrantes
Cinematography:
Gabriel Abrantes
Natxo Checa
Lakruwan Withanage
Sound:
Hugo Leitão
Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Gries
Editing:
Gabriel Abrantes
With:
Natxo Checa
Jani Zhao
Gabriel Abrantes
David Lasantha
João Pedro Vale
André Príncipe
Gonçalo Pena
Alexandre Melo
Excerpt (double click for full screen):
Produced by
A Mutual Respect Productions
Vimukthi Jayasundara
CPH DOX:LAB
S16mm transferred to HD, 23 min.
Color / 16:9 / 5.1 Dolby Sound
Language: Portuguese, Singhalese
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