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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

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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.

Directed byJoão Botelho

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 9m
Language
PT
Released
October 1, 2020
Studios
Ar de Filmes

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Chico Diaz

Chico Diaz

Ricardo Reis

Victoria Guerra

Victoria Guerra

Marcenda

Catarina Wallenstein

Catarina Wallenstein

Lídia

Luís Lima Barreto

Luís Lima Barreto

Fernando Pessoa

Dinarte Branco

Dinarte Branco

Colega Dirigente

João Barbosa

Victor

Márcia Breia

Márcia Breia

Vizinha 1

Luísa Cruz

Luísa Cruz

Vizinha 2

Gustavo Vargas

Gustavo Vargas

Rámon

Luís Lucas

Luís Lucas

Velho 1

Creative team
Directed by
João Botelho
João Botelho
Written by
João Botelho
João Botelho
Produced by
Alexandre Oliveira

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