The Heart's Root

1h 58m

Drama

5.7

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.

Cast

Luís Miguel Cintra

Catão

Joana Bárcia

Sílvia

Isabel Ruth

Ju

Melvil Poupaud

Vicente Corvo

Miguel Guilherme

Oscar

António Durães

Infante

Fernando Heitor

Roberta

Teresa Roby

Babies' Mother

Manuel Mozos

Young Man at the Party

Carla Chambel

Unknown

Manuela de Freitas

Mrs. Assembleia

Ana Deus

Linda

Paulo Guilherme

Unknown

Paulo Pinto

Voice of Vicente Corvo

Pedro Pernas

Unknown

Pedro Miguel Silva

Unknown

Crew

Paulo Rocha

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Jeanne Waltz

Screenplay

Raquel Freire

Screenplay

Regina Guimarães

Screenplay

Edgar Feldman

Editor

Elso Roque

Director of Photography

Gérard Vaugois

Producer

Eduardo Filipe Jr.

Production Design

Manuela Bronze

Costume Design

Sano de Perpessac

Makeup Artist

Nuno Carvalho

Sound Designer

José Mário Branco

Music