CINEMA: O Delfim

The Dauphin
A film by Fernando Lopes

Synopsis
Portugal, late sixties. Tomás Palma Bravo, the Dauphin, is the heir to a world in decay. He is the master of the Lagoon, of Maria das Mercês, his barren wife, of Domingos, his black, one-armed manservant, of a mastiff and of an E-type Jaguar, which takes him to Lisbon and to the prostitutes.
A hunter, who is a detective and the narrator, returns to the lagoon every year to hunt ducks. A year later he discovers that Domingos has been found dead in bed in the house belonging to the Palma Bravo couple, and that Maria das Mercês was found floating in the Lagoon. Tomás Palma Bravo and his mastiff are said to have disappeared without trace. And mysterious barking sounds can now be heard coming from the mist over the Lagoon.

Cast

ROGÉRIO SAMORA - Palma Bravo
ALEXANDRA LENCASTRE - Maria das Mercês
RUI MORISSON - hunter
with the special participation of ISABEL RUTH - Aninhas
MILTON LOPES - Domingos
MIGUEL GUILHERME - the priest
RITA LOUREIRO - Young Woman
JOSÉ PINTOlottery - ticket seller
CrewDirector:

FERNANDO LOPES
Based on a novel byJOSÉ CARDOSO PIRES
Screenplay:VASCO PULIDO VALENTE
with

MARIA JOÃO SEIXAS

FERNANDO LOPES
Image:

EDUARDO SERRA (AIP)
Art Director:

MARIA JOSÉ BRANCO
Sound:

PHILIPE MORELGÉRARD ROUSSEAU
Editing:

JACQUES WITTA
Produced by:

PAULO BRANCO

A co-production MADRAGOA FILMES, GEMINI FILMS, RTP - Radiotelevisão Portuguesa
With the support of ICAM - Instituto de Cinema, Audiovisual e MultimédiaInstituto Camões