Movie: The Love of the Three Pomegranates

Top 5 Billed Cast

Margarida Gil
Margarida Gil

Helena Domingos
Helena Domingos

Joana Oliveira
Joana Oliveira

Sílvia Gomes Ferreira
Sílvia Gomes Ferreira

Pedro Ferreira
Pedro Ferreira

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    In this highly theatrical TV production, Monteiro again draws on the world of folklore – and, more precisely, on the widespread sexual connotation of the pomegranate – to tell a tale of love, envy, treason and mistaken/double identities.

  • Release Date

    1979-03-10

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    5

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    Português
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