''O Desejado'' (french: Les montagnes de la lune, also known as ''O Desejado ou As Montanhas da Lua'' and ''Mountains Of The Moon'') is a 1987 Portuguese-French

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written and directed by Paulo Rocha and starring

Luís Miguel Cintra Luís Miguel Valle Cintra (born 29 April 1949) is a Portuguese actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1970. In 1973 Cintra founded the Teatro da Cornucópia with Jorge Silva Melo. Selected filmography * ''A Ilha dos Amores'' (1982) ...

.Aa. Vv. ''

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'', Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1988. The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the

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. The production of the film, and the experience of

Yves Afonso Yves Afonso (13 February 1944 – 21 January 2018) was a French actor. He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or ''département''. Since his uncredited debut in the movie '' Masculin, féminin'' in 1966, he had many roles, both in movies and o ...

, a French actor of Portuguese descent who first visited Portugal because of this film, later inspired ''

Voyage to the Beginning of the World ''Voyage to the Beginning of the World'' ( pt, Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo, french: Voyage au début du monde) is a 1997 Portuguese-French drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira and starring Marcello Mastroianni. The film was selected as ...

'' by

Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wo ...

Plot

Cast

as João * Caroline Chaniolleau as Antonia *

as Laurentino *

Jacques Bonnaffé Jacques Bonnaffé (born 22 June 1958) is a French actor and stage director. He has appeared in more than ninety films since 1980. Debut Jacques Bonnaffé was formed at the Lille Conservatory after his high school years in Douai (North) where he ...

as Tiago * Manuela de Freitas as Isabel *

Isabel Ruth Isabel Ruth (born 6 April 1940) is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1963. She starred in '' River of Gold'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmog ...

as Virginia *

Isabel de Castro Isabel Maria Bastos Osório de Castro e Oliveira (August 1, 1931 – November 23, 2005) was a Portuguese film actress. Biography She was born in the capital Lisbon in 1931 to José Osório de Castro e Oliveira (Setúbal, 27 January 1900 - Lisbon, ...

as Housekeeper

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* 1987 drama films 1987 films Films directed by Paulo Rocha Portuguese drama films French drama films Works based on The Tale of Genji 1980s French films {{1980s-drama-film-stub