Raul Ruiz's masterful adaptation of the eponymous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel (by Camilo Castelo Branco) evokes the complex intertwined narratives of Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens. The core story centers on Joao, the bastard child of an ill-fated romance between two members of the aristocracy who are forbidden to marry, and his quest to discover the truth of his parentage. But this is just the start of an engrossing tale that follows a multitude of characters whose fates conjoin, separate and then rejoin again over three decades in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.


Language: Portuguese / French / English

Subs srt: Portuguese / English

Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
 
Format : AVI 
Codec ID : XVID 
File size : 3.09 GB 
Duration : 4 h 15 min 
Video bit rate : 1600 kb/s 
Width : 720 pixels 
Height : 368 pixels 
Display aspect ratio : 1.957 
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS 
Codec ID/Hint : MP3 
Audio bit rate : 128 kb/s