Day of Despair (1992)
Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
Top billed cast
Mário BarrosoCamilo Castelo Branco
Teresa MadrugaAna Plácido
Luís Miguel CintraFreitas Fortuna
Diogo DóriaDr. Edmundo Magalhães
Canto e Castro(voice)
Ruy de Carvalho(voice)
Nuno Melo
José Maria Vaz da Silva- Dina Treno
- David Ferreira Dias
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