The Mountains of the Moon

This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu Set in modern Portugal Joao Luis Miguel Cintra is a leftwing political leader and ladies man with a bright future His exwife Isabel Manuela de Freitas both loves and hates him as Joao plays on her wavering emotional state He is sent to Italy to retrieve wayward family member Antonia Caroline Chaniolleau the beautiful young woman with a terrorist boyfriend Joao is forced to recognize his feelings as the political and amorous climate changes around him