The Bewitching Braid

For the novel, see The Bewitching Braid (novel).

The Bewitching Braid (Chinese: 大辮子的誘惑, Portuguese: A Trança Feiticeira) is a 1996 film directed by Cai Yuanyuan (蔡元元) and produced by Cai An'an (蔡安安 aka "Choi Unun"). It was the first film produced in Macau.^[1]

The Bewitching Braid
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	大辮子的誘惑
Simplified Chinese	大辫子的诱惑
Literal meaning	The attraction of the big braid
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dà Biànzi de Yòuhuò Yue: Cantonese Jyutping daai6 bin1 zi2 dik1 jau5 waak6
Portuguese name
Portuguese	A Trança Feiticeira

It is an adaptation of a novel written by Henrique de Senna Fernandes.^[2]

Plot

The film is about a relationship between a Portuguese man and a Cantonese woman. The story is set in the 1930s Macau.

Creation and conception

The Cai brothers hoped to make a film that showcased the territory. The production company was jointly owned by the two brothers.^[1] The government of Macau, then Portuguese Macau, and the Government of China cooperated in making the film.^[3]

The budgeting of the film, shot in 1995, was for 8,000,000 Macau patacas, with 2,000,000 patacas of that used for distribution purposes.^[2]

Most of the filming locations were in Portuguese Macau and Zhuhai.^[2]

Cast

• Ricardo Carriço [pt] as Adozindo (Chinese: 阿多森杜; pinyin: Āduōsēndù)
• Ning Jing as A-Leng (Chinese: 阿玲; pinyin: Ā-líng)
• Manuel Cavaco [pt] as Adozindo's father
• Filomena Gonçalves [pt]
• Roberto Candeias as Florêncio (Chinese: 富羅倫席奧; pinyin: Fùluólúnxíào)