The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (2020)
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.
Release Date: 2020-10-01
Runtime: 129 minutes
Director: João Botelho
Top Cast
- Chico Diaz as Ricardo Reis
- Victoria Guerra as Marcenda
- Catarina Wallenstein as Lídia
- Luís Lima Barreto as Fernando Pessoa
- Dinarte Branco as Colega Dirigente
- João Barbosa as Victor
- Márcia Breia as Vizinha 1
- Luísa Cruz as Vizinha 2
- Gustavo Vargas as Rámon
- Luís Lucas as Velho 1
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