简介：FollowingonfromhisearlierfilmAIlhaDosAmores(1982)onthePortuguesewriterWenceslauMoraes(1855-1929),thisdocumentaryusestextsbyMoraes,photographs,manuscripts,newsfilmaswellasvisitstoplaceswherepeoplestillrememberhim. WenceslauJosédeSousadeMoraeswasborninLisbononthe30thMay1854. AfterstudyingattheNavalCollegeheservedaboardseveralwarshipsofthePortugueseNavy.In1885hetraveledforthefirsttimetoMacao,wherehesettled.TherehewasDeputytotheCaptainoftheHarbor,andteacherofMacaoSecondarySchoolsinceitscreationin1894.WhiletherehemarriedVong-Io-Chan(akaAtchan),aChinesewomanofwhomhehadtwosons,andestablishedafriendshipwithCamiloPessanha,acelebratedpoet. Meanwhile,in1889,hetraveledforthefirsttimetoJapan,acountrythatcharmedhim,andwherehewillreturn,inofficialduty,severaltimesinthenextfewyears.In1897hevisitsJapanwiththeGovernorofMacao,andwasreceivedbytheEmperorMeiji.ThefollowingyearhedesertedAtchanandhistwosons,andmovedtoJapan,asconsulinKobe. HislifethereismarkedbyhisliteraryactivityandbythechronicleshesendstoseveralPortuguesenewspapersandmagazines,byhisloveaffairswithtwoJapanesewomen(Ó-YonéFukumotoandKo-Haru),andbyhisincreasing"japonisation". DuringthenextthirtyyearsWenceslaudeMoraeswastobethegreatPortuguesesourceofinformationabouttheEast,sharinghisintimateexperiencesofday-to-daylifeinJapanwithhisreadersinPortugal,inaparallelactivitytothatofLafcadioHearn,ofwhomhewasacontemporary. Saddenedbythedeath,duetoillness,ofÓ-Yoné,WenceslaudeMoraesrenouncedhispostasconsul,andmovedtoTokushima,herbirthplace.TherehelivedwithKo-Haru,anieceofÓ-Yoné,withwhomhesharedhislifeuntilherdeath,alsoduetoillness. Therehestartedtodress,eatandliveliketheJapanese,againstabackdropofgrowinghostilityfromthelocalinhabitants.Increasinglylonely,andwithdeterioratinghealth,WenceslaudeMoraespassedaway,inTokushima,inthe1stJuly1929,withouthavingeverreturnedtoEurope.…