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Film · 2020 · 2h 9m

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis

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Synopsis

Fernando Pessoa, one of the greatest writers in Portuguese, created an immense parallel world and several heteronyms so as to endure the loneliness of genius. José Saramago, 1998 Nobel Laureate in Literature, has a heteronym, Ricardo Reis, return to Portugal after a 16-year exile in Brazil. 1936 is a perilous year with Mussolini’s fascism, Hitler’s Nazism, Spain’s Civil War and Salazar’s New State in Portugal. And Fernando Pessoa meets his creation, Reis. Two women, Lídia and Marcenda, are Reis’ carnal and impossible passions. “Life and Death as one” allows for literature and cinema.

Details

Director
João Botelho
Release
October 1, 2020
Status
Released
Country
Portugal
Network
Ar de Filmes
Runtime
2h 9m

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