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The Heart's Root (2000)

ALL 10/18/2000 (pt) Drama 118 Min
  • Release
    10/18/2000
  • Production
    RTP, Suma Filmes, Boomerang Productions, Les Films de l'Atalante, ARTE France Cinéma
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    A Raiz do Coração
  • Original language
    pt
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Paulo Rocha

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Edgar Feldman

    Editor



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The Heart's Root (2000) 118 Min

ALL 10/18/2000 (pt)
Drama
  • Release 10/18/2000
  • Production
    RTP, Suma Filmes, Boomerang Productions, Les Films de l'Atalante, ARTE France Cinéma
  • Original title A Raiz do Coração
  • pt
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Paulo Rocha

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Edgar Feldman

    Editor

  4. Gérard Vaugois, Paulo Rocha

    Producer



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