Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China | 2024 | 128 mins | Portuguese, Burmese, Vietamese
Edward, civil servant, flees fiancee Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917. His travels replace panic with melancholy. Molly, set on marriage, amused by his escape, trails him across Asia.
Director
Miguel Gomes (born 1972) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter, and editor. He studied cinema at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. His films include The Face You Deserve (2004), Our Beloved Month of August (2008), Tabu (2012), Arabian Nights (2015), and Grand Tour (2024). For the last, he won Best Director at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast & Crew
Director – Miguel Gomes Producer – Filipa Reis Cinematographer – Guo Liang, Rui Poças Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Editor – Telmo Churro, Pedro Filipe Marques Cast – Gonçalo Waddington, Crista Alfaiate, Cláudio da Silva