- Country: France, Portugal
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1988-01-13
- Director: Paulo Rocha
- Writers: Antoine Lacomblez , Manuel de Lucena , Murasaki Shikibu , Paulo Rocha
- Language: Italian | English | Portuguese | French
- Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra , Caroline Chaniolleau , Yves Afonso , Jacques Bonnaffé , Manuela de Freitas , Laurinda Alves , Canto e Castro , Armando Cortez , João Bénard da Costa , Isabel de Castro
- Runtime: 117 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: O Desejado (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , O Desejado ou As Montanhas da Lua , O Desejado , Les montagnes de la lune (France, French Republic) , O Desejado (Spain)
- Plot: João is the spiritual heir (the term he prefers to bastard) of Manuel Brandão, his dying godfather, and at the same time the political leader of a small party of a disintegrating governmental coalition.
- IMDB:tt0092875
O Desejado Cast · · · ALL
Paulo Rocha
Director
Luís Miguel Cintra
João
Caroline Chaniolleau
Antónia
Yves Afonso
Laurentino
Jacques Bonnaffé
Tiago
Manuela de Freitas
Isabel
João Bénard da Costa
Salvador
Isabel de Castro
Housekeeper
Inês de Medeiros
Zita Duarte
Teacher
Isabel Ruth
Canto e Castro
(voice)
Pedro Hestnes
(voice)
Armando Cortez
Amadeu