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  • The Black Book

    by Valeria Sarmiento

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    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.

  • The Black Book

    by Valeria Sarmiento

    Produced

    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.

  • The Black Book

    by Valeria Sarmiento

    Produced

    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.

  • The Black Book

    by Valeria Sarmiento

    Produced

    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.

  • The Black Book

    by Valeria Sarmiento

    Produced

    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.

  • The Black Book

    by Valeria Sarmiento

    Produced

    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.

  • The Black Book

    by Valeria Sarmiento

    Produced

    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.

  • The Black Book

    by Valeria Sarmiento

    Produced

    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.


Original title: O Caderno Negro

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Cast:

Lou de Laâge

Stanislas Merhar
Niels Schneider
Jenna Thiam
Fleur Fitoussi

David Caracol

Vasco Varela da Silva
Tiago Varela da Silva

With the special participation of

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Victoria Guerra
Joana Ribeiro
Catarina Wallenstein


A film by Valeria Sarmiento

Screenplay - Carlos Saboga
Freely based on the novel “Livro Negro de Padre Dinis” by Camilo Castelo Branco
Original music - Jorge Arriagada
Cinematography - Acácio de Almeida
Sound - Carlos Mota, Miguel Martins
Film Editing - Luca Alverdi
Art Direction - Isabel Branco
Assistant Directors - Paulo Mil Homens, António Pinhão Botelho
Executive Production - Ana Pinhão Moura
Co-Producer - Carlos Bedran

Produced by - Paulo Branco

A Leopardo Filmes and Alfama Films Production co-production
In association with CB Partners, APM Produções
And participation of Cine +, RTP
With the support of Procirep, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Lisboa Film Commission

Available mini-series 4 epiodes
O Livro Negro do Padre Dinis
With the finantial support of:
ICA - Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual
Fundo de Apoio ao Turismo e Cinema
RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal

Festivals and awards

Festival Internacional de Cinema de San Sebastián 2018
Selecção Oficial - Em Competição

TIFF - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Toronto 2018
Selecção Oficial

7º Waterloo Historical Film Festival (Bélgica)

Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo (México)