The Bewitching Braid
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese大辮子的誘惑
Simplified Chinese大辫子的诱惑
Literal meaningThe attraction of the big braid
Portuguese name
PortugueseA Trança Feiticeira

The Bewitching Braid (Chinese: 大辮子的誘惑, Portuguese: A Trança Feiticeira) is a 1996 film directed by Cai Yuanyuan (蔡元元) and produced by Cai An'an (蔡安安 aka "Choi Unun"). It was the first film produced in Macau.[1]

The Cai brothers hoped to make a film that showcased the territory. The production company was jointly owned by the two brothers.[1]

The budgeting of the film, shot in 1995, was for 8,000,000 Macau patacas, with 2,000,000 patacas of that used for distribution purposes. It is an adaptation of a novel written by Henrique de Senna Fernandes,[2] written originally in Portuguese as A Trança Feiticeira; the English translation of this novel was published under the same English name, The Bewitching Braid, by Hong Kong University Press.[3]

Most of the filming locations were in Portuguese Macau and Zhuhai.[2]

The film is about a relationship between a Portuguese man and a Chinese woman. The story is set in the 1930s.

Cast

  • Ricardo Carriço as Adozindo (Chinese: 阿多森杜; pinyin: Āduōsēndù)
  • Ning Jing as A-Leng (Chinese: 阿玲; pinyin: Ā-líng)
  • Manuel Cavaco as Adozindo's father
  • Filomena Gonçalves
  • Roberto Candeias as Florêncio (Chinese: 富羅倫席奧; pinyin: Fùluólúnxíào)

References

  1. 1 2 Sallum, Erika (1997-10-30). "'Trança' é filme de estréia de Macau". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  2. 1 2 "A "TRANÇA FEITICEIRA" ESTREIA NO DOMINGO". Jornal Tribuna de Macau (in Portuguese). 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  3. ↑ "The Bewitching Braid". Hong Kong University Press. Retrieved 2022-06-14.

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