Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
Social & External
The people behind it
Mário Barroso
Camilo Castelo Branco
Teresa Madruga
Ana Plácido
Luís Miguel Cintra
Freitas Fortuna
Diogo Dória
Dr. Edmundo Magalhães
Canto e Castro
(voice)
Ruy de Carvalho
Nuno Melo
José Maria Vaz da Silva
Dina Treno
David Ferreira Dias
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