Amor e Dedinhos de Pé - Joaquim de Almeida (1993) - Jardim Lou Lim Ieoc, Macau

I think this will be the final film location post for this year and it's a familiar location for regular followers here. Lou Lim Ieoc (the "I" is pronounced like a "Y") garden makes an appearance in a couple of scenes, mainly as a restaurant/teahouse.

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé - Joaquim de Almeida (1993) - Lin Fung Temple, Macau

There are two similar sized temple complexes on the Macau peninsula. The first one is the famous Kwun Yam temple (aka Templo de Pou Chai, seen here) on Avenida do Coronel Mesquita. The other temple, located not that far away, is Lin Fung Temple. The shot of the rooftop (see image 3) helped to discover which one was featured in this film, but they both have similar layouts with small alleyways between the main buildings. The last image looks like they constructed some extra, fake walls each side of the frame in the courtyard in front of the main temple building (a small feat given what the production design did to the Taipa Praia and the seafront house). 

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé - Joaquim de Almeida (1993) - Templo Pequeno de Kun Iam, Taipa

Here's another great example of how much things have changed in Macau over the past couple of decades (if seeing the horror of the Cotai Strip wasn't enough). There is a very brief glimpse of a small beach-side shrine built upon a stone terrace. Believe it or not this is the Templo Pequeno de Kun Iam that now has a large main road in front of it called Estrada Nordeste da Taipa. Click on this Googlemaps link to compare the modern view with the early 90s shot below. There is a similar image over on the Macau Memories website.

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé - Joaquim de Almeida (1993) - Cemitério São Miguel Arcanjo, Macau

The Cemetery of St Michael Cemetery the Archangel is the location used for the burial of Victoriana's grandfather, Mr Padilla, after he dies from a heart attack. There aren't many big cemeteries in Macau - the place is quite small after all - but the identification is helped by the real life grave of João Corrêa Paes d'Assumpção which appears in the first frame below.

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé - Joaquim de Almeida (1993) - Avenida da Praia, Taipa

There are a few scenes in this film shot along the Avenida da Praia in Taipa, however, it's easily missed because it appears that the production crew went to great lengths to construct a large facade that covered the Taipa Houses (collectively known as the "Taipa Houses Museum") to give the appearance of more houses, and greater height, connected in a terrace. So in the screen shots below you can see that the street does look very familiar, but the houses on the right of the frame are all completely fake.

Given that the production appears to have constructed a colonial-style house on the seafront in Coloane, then the creation of a facade here to give the impression of more, taller properties is not that unbelievable.

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé - Joaquim de Almeida (1993) - Biblioteca Sir Robert Ho Tung, Macau

The Sir Robert Ho Tung Library is the setting for the extravagant wedding where Francisco sows the seeds of his fall from grace. In the film the building itself has been draped in red so it's not immediately obvious where we are, but the garden and outer wall, with its arched apertures, is still quite recognisable.

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé - Joaquim de Almeida (1993) - Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, Macau

A brief scene showing Francisco's boater-hatted buddies on their way to the wedding was shot at the north side of Tap Seac. In the initial image the actors can be seen walking down Travessa do Tap Siac - a small alleyway located between the Galeria Tap Seac and Arquivo de Macau buildings. The large archway at the end of the building was most likely built to hide some of the more modern buildings in the background. The main road in front of the buildings - which the arch has also been built across - is Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida.

There's also a sedan chair scene in the film that was shot along the same road, although the images below start at the section of road behind the arch above. These old Portuguese colonial houses are still around as far as I know - there are three in a row, all in a similar style and colour.

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé - Joaquim de Almeida (1993) - Coloane Coast, Macau

I think there is time for one more film before this year ends. This next film is a Portuguese/Spanish/French co-production starring one of Portugal's most famous actors, Joaquim de Almeida. Based on a book by Henrique de Senna Fernandes, it was filmed in 1991 (according to the copyright mark in the credits) in Macau but not released until 1993.

The story follows Francisco Frontaria (Almeida) who is a rather reckless playboy from a well-to-do family. One day he turns up to a wealthy socialite wedding and insults the bride, causing him to be shunned by his friends and beaten to within an inch of his life by the groom's hired thugs. Now a pariah, he slowly slips into vagrancy before being rescued by the daughter (Ana Torrent) of a local doctor who recognises him under all the facial hair and skanky clothing. The film name comes from a scene where she treats his badly infected feet.

Someone has uploaded it toYoutube: https://youtu.be/6xtTO_4YXZM?si=vibBdsnPW4WdPd0t

I'm quite impressed by the set designers of this film, not just the period costumes but also the built sets including the main one below. This seemingly colonial-era house - replete with a rather nice exterior verandha overlooking the sea - appears to have been constructed specially for the movie, because its location, on the very southern tip of Coloane, is just a rocky beach. The only hint of it being fake is what seems to be a concrete base it sits on which is more visible in the last image. The land in the background is Mainland China because we are at Coloane's southern coastline here.