The Black Book (2018)
The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and his young Italian nurse of a similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in their wake, from Rome to Paris, from Lisbon to London, from Parma to Venice. Always followed in the shadows, for obscure reasons, by a suspicious-looking Calabrian and a troubling cardinal, they make us explore the dark intrigues of the Vatican, the pangs of a fatal passion, a gruesome duel, banter at the court of Versailles and the convulsions of the French Revolution.
Director:
Valeria Sarmiento
Writer:
Carlos Saboga
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Jenna Thiam as Suzanne Monfort |
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Lou de Laâge as Laura / Lelia |
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Niels Schneider as Marquis Lusault |
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Victoria Guerra as Marie Antoinette |
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Stanislas Merhar as Rufo / Jeune Rufo |
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Joana Ribeiro as Charlotte Corday |
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Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Bonaparte |
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Catarina Wallenstein as Concettina |
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Miguel Monteiro as Concierge |
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Daniela Melchior as La Fille |
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Joaquim Leitão as Pozzebonelli |
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Filipe Vargas as Paulo Albuquerque |
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Henrique Gomes as French Border Guard |
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Rodrigo Paganelli as Sebastian Jeune Homme |
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Luciano Gomes as Le Duc |
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Pedro Leitão as Gardien (Uncredited) |
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Francis Seleck as Prêtre Mariage |
| Production | Paulo Branco | Producer |
| Sound | Ricardo Leal | Sound Designer |
| Art | Isabel Branco | Art Direction |
| Camera | Acácio de Almeida | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rute Correia | Costume Design |
| Directing | Valeria Sarmiento | Director |
| Production | Ana Pinhão Moura | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nuno Esteves | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Paulo MilHomens | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Camilo Castelo Branco | Novel |
| Sound | Jorge Arriagada | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Carlos Saboga | Screenplay |
| Editing | Luca Alverdi | Editor |
| Directing | António Pinhão Botelho | Assistant Director |
| Production | Carlos Bedran | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Miguel Martins | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Helena Marina | Second Assistant Camera |