The Portuguese Falcon
Capitão Falcão, feature film, comedy, Portugal, 2015
DIRECTED BY: João Leitão
CAST:
Gonçalo Waddington (Falcão),
David Chan Cordeiro (Puto Perdiz),
José Pinto (Salazar),
Miguel Guilherme (Gaivota),
Matamba Joaquim (Preto)
SCRIPT:
Nuria Leon Bernardo,
João Leitão
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Mario Costa
Synopsis:
This action comedy tells the story of the (super)hero captain Falcão (Falcon). Helives in the past in 1968, during the dictatorship in Portugal, and he is directly responsible to the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar. He fights the emergent “red threat” of communism as well as feminism and any other indication of change and development. He is not alone in his patriotic fight, Puto Perdiz is his faithful and capable right hand.
color, digital, 106 min