Tebas (2007)

3.5/10 80 min Drama

Overview

Free adaptation of Sophocles classic tragedy “King Oedipus” crossed with Jack Kerouac's classic “On the Road”. The starting point is the loss of identity of a generation of Portuguese emigrants. Tebas tells the story of a young man who, looking for his origins, departs from Paris to Portugal with a beatnik truck driver. The film is a voyage into the strange depths of Portugal in the form of surreal road-movie.

Cast

Nuno Melo

Salvador

David Almeida

Coro

Paulo Furtado

The Legendary Tiger Man

Vítor Correia

Jack

Paula Guedes

Laia

Ângela Marques

Gracinda Nave

Europa

Adelaide Teixeira

Esfinge

Manuel João Vieira

Eddie's Father

Diana Sá

Atalanta

Margarida Bento

Sémele

Manuela Paulo

Dafne

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