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Taprobana

5.7/10
TMDB9 votes
Original: 24 min

In this short comedy, Luis Vaz de Camoes, the greatest Portuguese renaissance poet, struggles creatively while engaging in a hedonistic, coprophagic, and drug addled lifestyle. The film follows the poet, and his lover Dinamene, as he writes his masterpiece, the epic poem "Os Lusiadas." He travels from the cacophony of the Indic jungles, surrounded by allegorical elephants and rhyming macaques, to the frontier of Heaven and Hell, where he is confronted by his fantasy: fame and immortality.

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About Taprobana

Taprobana (2014) is a film in the comedy genres. Directed by . The cast includes Natxo Checa, Jani Zhao, Gabriel Abrantes, David Lasantha.

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Original language
Runtime
24 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Denmark, Portugal, Sri Lanka
Production companies
DOX:LAB, A Mutual Respect Productions
Writers
David Lasantha, Gabriel Abrantes, Vimukthi Jayasundara

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What is Taprobana about?

In this short comedy, Luis Vaz de Camoes, the greatest Portuguese renaissance poet, struggles creatively while engaging in a hedonistic, coprophagic, and drug addled lifestyle. The film follows the poet, and his lover Dinamene, as he writes his masterpiece, the epic poem "Os Lusiadas." He travels from the cacophony of the Indic jungles, surrounded by allegorical elephants and rhyming macaques, to the frontier of Heaven and Hell, where he is confronted by his fantasy: fame and immortality.

Who stars in Taprobana?

Natxo Checa, Jani Zhao, Gabriel Abrantes, David Lasantha, Jõao Pedro Vale, Alexandre Melo. See the cast cards above for character names.

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