<p><strong>"The legend of Cleopatra unfolds through the nuances of Portuguese literature, music and culture." - <em>The Hollywood Reporter</em></strong></p>

<p>Audacious Brazilian filmmaker J&uacute;lio Bressane brings us his vision of the legend of Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, with this highly stylised version of the story infused with Portugese culture.<br />With the incursion of the Roman republic into her domain on the Nile, the clever and erotic Cleopatra struggles to define a fate for Egypt independent of Rome. The general Caesar falls under her spell, but she discovers true love with the appearance of Mark Antony. <br />"Lyrical, tragical, musical, an immersion of passion into reason, an intellectual crossbreeding, a mixing of cultures, a blending state of madness and sensate, a <em>‘rêviere culturelle'</em>... that's Cleopatra!" - filmmaker J&uacute;lio Bressane<br />