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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Chico Diaz, Victoria Guerra, Catarina Wallenstein, Luís Lima Barreto, Dinarte Branco, João Barbosa
Crew: Armando Chouriço (Generator Operator), Carlos Gago (Hair Designer), Francisco Veloso (Sound), João Botelho (Director), Alexandre Oliveira (Producer), João Ribeiro (Director of Photography)
Country: Portugal
Language: Português
Studio: Ar de Filmes
Runtime: 129 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 01, 2020
IMDb: 5.8
Keywords:based on novel or book, josé saramago
