A king flees his throne at midnight—then his past comes knocking on a boat.
The story of Brazil’s first emperor, returning to Europe on board the English ship Warspite. The trip makes Pedro conquer his fears and face his life from a personal point of view. He goes back in time and relives outstanding moments of his earlier life – since his childhood, when in 1808 he arrived coming from Portugal with his family, until he left in the dead of the night, in 1831, running away from Brazil.
Acting
Cauã Reymond's unraveling monarch, all charm and rot.
Production
Claustrophobic ship interiors that trap history itself.
Direction
Bodanzky's dreamy time-fractured structure.
Director
Laís Bodanzky
Cauã Reymond
Dom Pedro I
Victoria Guerra
Amélia
Rita Wainer
Domitila
Luise Heyer
Leopoldina
Francis Magee
Talbot
João Lagarto
Dom João
Luísa Cruz
Carlota Joaquina
Isac Graça
Miguel
Isabél Zuaa
Dira
Celso Frateschi
Bonifácio
Gustavo Machado
Chalaça
Luiza Gattai
Maria da Glória
Sérgio Laurentino
Chef
Welket Bungué
Contra Almirante Lars
Søren Hellerup
Bispo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pedro I declared independence in 1822 but abdicated in 1831—this film treats Brazil's founding father as a man who built a house he couldn't live in.
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