(literally: 'Love and Tiny Toes'; ; ) is a 1992 Portuguese-language Portuguese-French-Spanish film of romantic drama genre, directed and written by Luís Filipe Rocha and Izaías Almada, and starring Joaquim de Almeida, Ana Torrent and Jean-Pierre Cassel. It is based on the novel by the Macanese writer Henrique de Senna Fernandes. The film was premiered in Macau on 20 March 1992, and was released in France on 21 October of the same year. In Portugal it was released on 15 January 1993, and in Spain on 6 August of the same year.
Summary The film shows the social difficulties of a romance born on a cold night in Macau, when a seductive playboy is in love with a young woman who washes his toes. The story serves to make a portrait of the Portuguese colonialist society of Macau. In the end of the 19th century, the Portuguese Christian society melancholically looks towards Europe and proudly turns its back on China. In this context the love between Francisco and Victorina reflects all the contradictions of the social nucleus to which they belong.
Cast
Joaquim de Almeida as Francisco Frontaria Ana Torrent as Victorina Vidal Jean-Pierre Cassel as Gonçalo Botelho João D'Ávila as Hipólito Omero Antonutti as Padilla Gemma Cuervo as Cesaltina Pilar Bardem as Amparo María Elena Flores as Carmencita Henrique Viana as Timoteo Manuela Cassola as Titi Bita José Manuel Mendes as padre Miguel Isidoro Fernández as Silvério Vítor Norte as Leopoldo Alberto Larumbe as Camilo Rui Luís Brás as Mezicles Henrique de Senna Fernandes as Barreto Manuela Couto as Victorina (voice) João Lourenço as Gonçalo Botelho (voice)
Production The film was shot in Macau, places including the Lou Lim Ieoc Garden, during the Portuguese administration in the territory.
Awards and nominations Awards and nominations Ceremony Category Recipient Outcome 16th Cairo International Film Festival Best Film Love and Tiny Toes
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