Capitão Falcão

The Portuguese Falcon
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
Release dates
  • April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23) (Portugal)
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

The film is set in Portugal during the 1960s.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Santarém and Lisbon.

Reception

The film received critical aclaim.

Sequel

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

  1. ↑ http://www.noticiasaominuto.com/cultura/363372/capitao-falcao-satira-ao-estado-novo-estreia-se-a-23-de-abril
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ 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

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