Top Cast
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Dalila Carmo
Florbela Espanca
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Albano Jerónimo
Mário Lage
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Ivo Canelas
Apeles Espanca
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Soraia Chaves
Antónia Lobo
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Maria João Abreu
Mariana Inglesa
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Maya Booth
Ana
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Rute Miranda
Alberto's Wife
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Rita Loureiro
Sophia de Arriaga
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Carmen Santos
Henriqueta
Overview
Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism and love.
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