
It is 1905 and Luis Bernardo Valença, a thirty-seven-year-old bachelor and owner of a small shipping company, is revelling in Lisbon's luxurious high society. But his life is turned upside down when King Dom Carlos invites him to become governor of Portugal's smallest colony, the island of São Tomé e Principe.

as Luís Bernardo Valença

as Ann Jameson

as Adélia

as Mário Maltez

as Maria Augusta da Trindade

as Alfredo Costa

as José da Matta

as Marta Trebouce

as Anselmo de Sousa Teixeira

as Francisca

as Fonseca

as Jaime

as Masara

as Alice

as Rainha D. Amélia

as Natália

as Juiz