The film is liberally inspired by the period when Eça de Queiroz was Portuguese Consul in Cuba, when still a Spanish colony. Eça de Queiroz struggles against local authorities in his defense of Chinese workers, brought to the sugar plantations by greedy middlemen and exploited as slaves. Two parallel stories unfold, that of a Chinese girl which Eça de Queiroz saves from the clutches of one of the island’s most powerful slave owners, and the other of a romance involving a young American woman on holidays in Havana.
Unfortunately the movie Our Consul in Havana is not yet available on HBO Max.
Camera | José António Loureiro | Director of Photography |
Writing | António Torrado | Writer |
Directing | Francisco Manso | Director |
Production | Francisco Manso | Producer |
Editing | Andreia Bertini | Colorist |
Writing | José Fanha | Writer |
Sound | Luís Cília | Music |
Costume & Make-Up | Francisca Sobral | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Lola Sousa | Costume Design |
Sound | Martim Crawford | Sound Editor |
Sound | Vasco Pedroso | Sound Designer |