Teófilo Braga

Birth : 1843-02-24, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

Death : 1924-01-28

History

Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga was a Portuguese writer, playwright, politician and the leader of the Republican Provisional Government after the overthrow of King Manuel II, as well as the second elected President of the First Portuguese Republic, after the resignation of President Manuel de Arriaga.

Profile

Movies

A Pereira da Tia Miséria

Story

An adaptation of the short story with the same name by Portuguese writer Teófilo de Braga.

Ti Miséria

Novel

Ti Miséria has a supernatural power. When Death comes to take her, she traps her in a pear tree. But without death the world doesn't work. Those whose work depend on Death, want it to be freed from the tree. It is then that Death makes a deal with Ti Miséria.