Capitão Falcão
| The Portuguese Falcon | |
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| Directed by | João Leitão |
| Screenplay by | João Leitão Núria Leon Bernardo |
| Starring | Gonçalo Waddington David Chan José Pinto Rui Mendes Luís Vicente Miguel Guilherme Carla Maciel Bruno Nogueira Nuno Lopes Ricardo Carriço |
| Cinematography | Mário Costa |
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| Country | Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Budget | €250000 |
| Box office | €129000 |
The Portuguese Falcon (Portuguese for "Captain Falcon" in the original) is a 2015 Portuguese action adventure film directed by João Leitão. It was released on April 23, 2015.[1] This portuguese feature film was a box-office bomb (27.309 tickets sold)[2] having barely recouped its budget (€250k) on its entire theatrical run (€129k).[3]
Plot[edit]
The film is set in Portugal during the 1960s.
Cast[edit]
- Gonçalo Waddington as Capitão Falcão
- David Chan as Puto Perdiz
- José Pinto as António de Oliveira Salazar
- Rui Mendes
- Luís Vicente as Vladimir Lenin
- Miguel Guilherme as General Gaivota
- Carla Maciel
- Bruno Nogueira
- Nuno Lopes
- Ricardo Carriço
Production[edit]
The film was shot in Santarém and Lisbon.
Reception[edit]
The film received critical aclaim.
Sequel[edit]
The film has a post-credits scene setting up a sequel. However, due to the disastrous box-office results, it is very unlikely that a sequel will ever get made. The film's distributor was expecting 30 thousand admissions on its opening weekend. However the film struggled to reach 27 thousand tickets sold in its entire 5 week theatrical run, having only made €129k on its €250k budget. In contrast, Ruas Rivais, a film with a similar demographic, but with a much lower production and marketing budget, made € 191k at the box-office, around the same time in 2014, with 36 thousand tickets sold.
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.noticiasaominuto.com/cultura/363372/capitao-falcao-satira-ao-estado-novo-estreia-se-a-23-de-abril
- ^ Tickets sold; Público.pt (visited: 2015/07/09) http://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/um-milhao-de-portugueses-voltou-ao-cinema-no-primeiro-semestre-de-2015-1701419
- ^ Box office results; Público.pt (visited: 2015/07/09) http://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/um-milhao-de-portugueses-voltou-ao-cinema-no-primeiro-semestre-de-2015-1701419
External links[edit]
- Official website (Portuguese)
- Capitão Falcão at the Internet Movie Database
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