Adapted from Portugal in the 19th century masterpiece of the same name , tells the story of a jealous countess , a wealthy businessman and a young orphan traveling in Portugal, France , Italy and Brazil , these places they encounter a the various mysterious person .
The movie classic novels adapted from Portugal 19th century writer Camilo Castro Branco , divided into up to 272 minutes of the two versions of the film and the six episodes of the TV series , is the famous director Raoul Ruiz production " Remembrance of Things Past " ( 1999 ) , people Paulo Branco Since most ambitious literary adaptation plays the continuation of reality and memories staggered the labyrinth general structure . Raoul Ruiz was born in Chile in 1940 , is a work rich , innovative spirit of the director , in preparations for the film , he was diagnosed with liver cancer ( after cure ) , the preparation of this piece for his film career painting full stop.