Los Angeles, July 23 -- Veteran actress Tais Araujo has been cast in My Father's Wives, the upcoming adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Angolan author Jose Eduardo Agualusa.

The film will be directed by Portuguese filmmaker Mario Patrocinio (Maria Vitoria). The title in Portuguese is As Mulheres do Meu Pai, as per Deadline.

In the story, Araujo plays Laurentina, a young Mozambican woman adopted by a Portuguese-Brazilian couple and raised in Brazil.

After receiving a letter from her biological father--a renowned Angolan double bassist--she travels to Angola to meet him, only to discover that he passed away shortly before her arrival. From that moment on, her journey becomes one of memory, identity, and belonging, connecting different ...