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The Satin Slipper
The Satin Slipper
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THE SATIN SLIPPER

Le soulier de satin

Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
France, Portugal, 1985
Drama, Musical

Synopsis

Set during Spain’s “Golden Age,” the story then begins as Doña Prouhèze, the wife of a Spanish nobleman, falls in love with Don Rodrigo; Rodrigo is sent to be the Governor of New Spain in America, while Prouhèze becomes the ruler of Mogador in Africa.

Synopsis

Set during Spain’s “Golden Age,” the story then begins as Doña Prouhèze, the wife of a Spanish nobleman, falls in love with Don Rodrigo; Rodrigo is sent to be the Governor of New Spain in America, while Prouhèze becomes the ruler of Mogador in Africa.