O Delfim

O Delfim

88 mins | Drama | March 13, 2002

A wealthy landowner, "The Dauphin," enjoys a decadent life of hunting, drinking, and womanizing. He oversees his estate, the Laguna, with his barren wife, his one-armed manservant, and his treasured guard dog. When a sportsman (the film’s narrator) comes to the estate for his annual duck-hunting excursion, he discovers the body of the landowner’s wife floating in the lagoon and the manservant dead on his master’s bed. The Dauphin and his dog are nowhere to be found except for the mysterious barking sounds heard over the lagoon.

O Delfim

88 mins | Drama | March 13, 2002

O Delfim
A wealthy landowner, "The Dauphin," enjoys a decadent life of hunting, drinking, and womanizing. He oversees his estate, the Laguna, with his barren wife, his one-armed manservant, and his treasured guard dog. When a sportsman (the film’s narrator) comes to the estate for his annual duck-hunting excursion, he discovers the body of the landowner’s wife floating in the lagoon and the manservant dead on his master’s bed. The Dauphin and his dog are nowhere to be found except for the mysterious barking sounds heard over the lagoon.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Gemini Films, RTP, Madragoa Filmes, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM), Instituto Camões
Original title O Delfim
Directors Fernando Lopes
Writers Maria João Seixas, José Cardoso Pires, Vasco Pulido Valente, Fernando Lopes

Cast

Rogério Samora

as Palma Bravo

Alexandra Lencastre

as Maria das Mercês

Isabel Ruth

as Aninhas

Milton Lopes

as Domingos

Miguel Guilherme

as Padre Novo

Rita Loureiro

as Mulher Jovem

José Pinto

as Cauteleiro

Márcia Breia

as Dona da Pensão

Alexandre de Sousa

as Regedor

Laura Soveral

as Camponesa

Sofia Bénard da Costa

as Criada da Pensão

Joaquim Leitão

as Ex-combatente

Paula Guedes

as Virgínia

Fernando Heitor

as barman

Rui Morisson

as Caçador/Narrador