(literally: 'Love and Tiny Toes'; es, Amor y deditos del pie; french: Macao, mépris et passion) is a 1992

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- French-

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film of

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genre, directed and written by

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and Izaías Almada, and starring

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and

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. It is based on the novel by the Macanese writer

Henrique de Senna Fernandes Henrique de Senna Fernandes (October 15, 1923, Macao – October 4, 2010, Macao) was a Macanese writer. Born in 1923 as one of 11 siblings to an old Macanese family, who settled in Macau over 250 years ago, he studied law at the University of Coimb ...

. The film was premiered in

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on 20 March 1992, and was released in

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on 21 October of the same year. In

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it was released on 15 January 1993, and in

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on 6 August of the same year.

Summary

The film shows the social difficulties of a romance born on a cold night in Macau, when a seductive playboy is in love with a young woman who washes his toes. The story serves to make a portrait of the Portuguese colonialist society of Macau. In the end of the 19th century, the Portuguese Christian society melancholically looks towards Europe and proudly turns its back on China. In this context the love between Francisco and Victorina reflects all the contradictions of the social nucleus to which they belong.

Cast

as Francisco Frontaria *

as Victorina Vidal *

as Gonçalo Botelho *

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as Hipólito *

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as Padilla *

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as Cesaltina *

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as Amparo *

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as Carmencita *

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as Timoteo *

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as Titi Bita *

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as padre Miguel *

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as Silvério *

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as Leopoldo * Alberto Larumbe as Camilo *

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as Mezicles *

as Barreto *

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as Victorina (voice) *

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as Gonçalo Botelho (voice)

Production

The film was shot in

, places including the

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, during the Portuguese administration in the

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amor e Dedinhos de Pé 1992 films 1990s Portuguese-language films Portuguese romantic drama films French romantic drama films Spanish romantic drama films 1992 romantic drama films Films directed by Luís Filipe Rocha Films shot in Macau Films set in Macau Films set in 1897 Films set in the 1900s Films based on Portuguese novels 1990s French films