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Name of the new town?

posted 19 years ago by fanaticita
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What was the name of the new town? It had a Spanish name, but I can't remember what it was. Is it a real place?

[–] archer1949 19 years ago

Lisboa. Lisbon. It's not Spanish, it's Portuguese.

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[–] Wuchak (8774) 5 years ago

But the founder of the town, Lucia (Milla Jovovich), isn't a lesbian; so it doesn't make sense.

[–] 19 years ago

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[–] noazrk 14 years ago

It was called Lisboa but I don't think it really existed, neither did Kingdom Come. At least there's no solid info I found online, I was wondering if the movie was loosely based on real facts or not.

That was the main reason I was checking out the posts for this movie on IMDB, to see if anyone had info regarding these towns.

I was curious if "Lisboa" was based on a real city and how it fared into the future based upon it's promising start at the end of the movie.

[–] kincaid-5 14 years ago

What it's based on is "The Mayor of Casterbridge," by Thomas Hardy, which is set in southwest England in the 19th century.

Lisboa is the Portuguese name for their capital, which we call Lisbon.

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