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Tebas

Free adaptation of Sophocles classic tragedy “King Oedipus” crossed with Jack Kerouac's classic “On the Road”. The starting point is the loss of identity of a generation of Portuguese emigrants. Tebas tells the story of a young man who, looking for his origins, departs from Paris to Portugal with a beatnik truck driver. The film is a voyage into the strange depths of Portugal in the form of surreal road-movie.

Top Cast

  • Gilberto Oliveira

    Gilberto Oliveira

    Eddie

  • Nuno Melo

    Nuno Melo

    Salvador

  • David Almeida

    David Almeida

    Coro

  • Paulo Furtado

    Paulo Furtado

    The Legendary Tiger Man

  • Vítor Correia

    Vítor Correia

    Jack

  • Paula Guedes

    Paula Guedes

    Laia

  • Ângela Marques

    Ângela Marques

  • Gracinda Nave

    Gracinda Nave

    Europa

  • Adelaide Teixeira

    Adelaide Teixeira

    Esfinge

Overview

Free adaptation of Sophocles classic tragedy “King Oedipus” crossed with Jack Kerouac's classic “On the Road”. The starting point is the loss of identity of a generation of Portuguese emigrants. Tebas tells the story of a young man who, looking for his origins, departs from Paris to Portugal with a beatnik truck driver. The film is a voyage into the strange depths of Portugal in the form of surreal road-movie.

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