A cursed necklace and a secret cod recipe? Portuguese aristocracy has never been this unhinged.
Follows the Bourbon de Linhaça family and their precious Necklace of São Cajó, that's been in the family for over 3500 years and hides secrets, curses and a mythical cod recipe.
Acting
Gabriela Barros playing triple roles with glorious commitment to the bit.
Writing
The sacred cod recipe as plot device is genuinely inspired lunacy.
Production
Crusty ancestral mansion becomes perfect character in itself.
Director
Manuel Pureza
Rui Melo
Simão Bourbon de Linhaça
Gabriela Barros
Matilde Bourbon de Linhaça / Filipa Martins / Salomé
Diogo Amaral
Lourenço Paulino
Sofia Sá da Bandeira
Madalena Bourbon de Linhaça
Marco Delgado
Eduardo Bourbon de Linhaça
Diogo Infante
Duarte Bourbon de Linhaça
José Raposo
Miguel Bourbon de Linhaça
Manuel Cavaco
António Paulino
Ângela Pinto
Maria da Piedade
Luís Aleluia
Sebastião
Luisa Ortigoso
Celeste
Carla Andrino
Ivone Pimenta
António Melo
Tó Mané
Patrícia Tavares
Elsa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bacalhau worship is real Portuguese culture; this film treats it with unhinged religious devotion. Director Pureza allegedly wrote the sacred recipe himself during a fever dream.
The 3500-year necklace prop was actually a cheap tourist shop find that the cast kept 'losing' on set, forcing five replacements. Pureza insisted each replacement looked more cursed than the last.
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