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How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal (2018)

Directed by Eugène Green

Drama | Comedy | Short

Overview

Lisbon, Portugal, 1927. The writer and journalist Fernando Pessoa accepts from his boss the commission to create an advertising slogan for the drink Coca-Louca; but conservative government authorities consider the new drink as revolutionary as it is diabolical.

Length 27 minutes

Actors

Zé Branco | Sofia Bénard da Costa | Diogo Dória | Carloto Cotta | Eugène Green | Manuel Mozos | Ricardo Gross | Lisa Persson | Patrícia Almeida | Mia Tomé | Nuno Esteves | Alexandre Pieroni Calado | Aurora Bénard

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Is this really based on a true story? Very curious about that but would appreciate this even more if that’s the case. Perhaps even weirder since it’s really a dark comedy about the panic over people getting possessed from drinking Coca-Cola (Coca-Louca in the film) introduced to Portugal in the 1920s…. based off an advertising campaign, “First you’ll be surprised, then you will possessed.”

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