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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

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.

2020 |2h 9m |  Drama

Cast

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Chico Diaz

Ricardo Reis

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Victoria Guerra

Marcenda

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Catarina Wallenstein

Lídia

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Luís Lima Barreto

Fernando Pessoa

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Dinarte Branco

Colega Dirigente

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Márcia Breia

Vizinha 1

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Luísa Cruz

Vizinha 2

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Gustavo Vargas

Rámon

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Luís Lucas

Velho 1

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Ricardo Aibéo

Dirigente Sindical

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Marcello Urgeghe

Doctor

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Cláudio da Silva

Polícia

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Pedro Lacerda

Orador

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Paulo Filipe

António Lopes Ribeiro

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Dinis Gomes

Motorista

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Hugo Mestre Amaro

Gerente Salvador

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André Gomes

Director-Adjunto

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Rui Morisson

Dr. Sampaio

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José Martins

Velho 2

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Alexandra Rosa

Viúva

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Carolina Serrão

Filha

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Bruno Ferreira

Voz da Rádio (voice)

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Language

Portuguese

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