Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, poet, novelist and filmmaker, finds out that his father left papers in the Namib desert that would help him shed light on a mystery that occurred in 1923. Through his search for the “Englishman's papers”, we embark on an epic tale that goes from the turn of the 19th century to the end of the 20th, in the magnificent locations of the Angolan south.
Cast
João Pedro Vaz
David Caracol
Miguel Borges
Joana Ribeiro
Carolina Amaral
Carlos Agualusa
Délcio Rodrigues
Sandra Gomes
Xavier António
Crew
Based on the trilogy “Os Filhos de Próspero” by Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
Screenplay: José Eduardo Agualusa
Director: Sérgio Graciano
DOP: Mário Castanheira
Art director: Artur Pinheiro
Customs: Isabel Branco
Editors: Roberto Perpignani, Tiago Augusto
Sound: Gita Cerveira, Pedro Góis
Producer: Paulo Branco
A Leopardo Filmes and RTP production
In association with APM Produções
With the financial support of
ICA - Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual
Fundo de Apoio ao Turismo e ao Cinema
RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
ARTE France
And the support of
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
Lisboa Film Comission
Ministério da Cultura e Turismo da República de Angola
CMTV
International sales and festivals
Alfama Films
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Tokyo International Film Festival
Official Selection – In Competition
News about The Englishman's Papers
THE ENGLISHMAN’S PAPERS, produced by Paulo Branco and directed by Sérgio Graciano, in the Official Competition of Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival (October 28 to November 6, 2024) has just announced that The Englishman’s Papers (Os Papéis do Inglês), a film by Sérgio Graciano, based on the trilogy "Os Filhos de Próspero", by the Angolan writer Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, was selected for the Official Selection in Competition, and will be in the running for the prestigious Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix.
Beginning of shooting of THE ENGLISHMAN'S PAPERS
Based on the trilogy Os Filhos de Próspero by Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, with a script by José Eduardo Agualusa, THE ENGLISHMAN'S PAPERS begins shooting in southern Angola.