The film is liberally inspired by the period when Eça de Queiroz was Portuguese Consul in Cuba, when still a Spanish colony. Eça de Queiroz struggles against local authorities in his defense of Chinese workers, brought to the sugar plantations by greedy middlemen and exploited as slaves. Two parallel stories unfold, that of a Chinese girl which Eça de Queiroz saves from the clutches of one of the island’s most powerful slave owners, and the other of a romance involving a young American woman on holidays in Havana.
Budget
Not disclosed
Revenue
Not disclosed
Studio
RTP1 review
Title
Our Consul in Havana
Released
Jul 17, 2019
Rated
M/12
Region of Origin
Portugal
Original Audio
Portuguese
Runtime
1h 50m
Status
Released
Studio
RTP
