Why it may be worth watching
- Tabu combines Drama and Romance elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira.
- Viewers currently rate it 7.0/10 from 180 votes.
Movie
Tabu
Aurora had a farm in Africa, at the foot of Mount Tabu…
Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.
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Cast
Teresa MadrugaPilar
Laura SoveralAurora
Ana MoreiraYoung Aurora
Henrique Espírito SantoGian Luca Ventura
Carloto CottaYoung Gian Luca Ventura
Isabel CardosoSanta
Ivo MüllerAurora's Husband
Manuel MesquitaMário
Telmo ChurroIntrepid Explorer
Miguel GomesNarrator (voice)
Hortêncílio AquinaPorter #1
Américo MotaPorter #2
Valentim HortêncílioPorter #3
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Drama, Romance.
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Themes and topics
crocodilelisbon, portugalplantationhaunted by the pastneighbor neighbor relationshipeast africaportuguese colonialism
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