Pirate TV, sexy spies, and arms dealers walk into a casino. Only Macao survives.
An arms smuggler organization uses a pirate television station to spread dissention among representatives in an international conference in Portugal. A French diplomat travels to Macao, hoping to locate a sexy spy who had stayed in Lisbon.
Costume
Anna Gaël's wardrobe deserves its own diplomatic immunity.
Production
Lisbon and Macao locations shot like a travel brochure on amphetamines.
Director
Jean Leduc
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anna Gaël was married to producer Pierre Kalfon and this was one of several Eurospy vehicles built around her specific... assets. The 'Via Macau' of the title refers to a nonexistent travel route that sounded exotic to French audiences.
Shot during Portugal's Estado Novo dictatorship, the film's 'international conference' backdrop accidentally captures Salazar-era Lisbon's anxious self-presentation to the world—right before the 1974 revolution made such imagery politically radioactive.
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