The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis
Release: 2020-10-01
·Runtime: 129m
·★ 4.4
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Portugal
Production Companies
Ar de Filmes
Cast
Alexandra Rosa
as Viúva
Bruno Ferreira
as Voz da Rádio (voice)
Catarina Wallenstein
as Lídia
Márcia Breia
as Vizinha 1
Gustavo Vargas
as Rámon
Luís Lucas
as Velho 1
Marcello Urgeghe
as Doctor
Pedro Lacerda
as Orador
Dinis Gomes
as Motorista
Chico Diaz
as Ricardo Reis
Ricardo Aibéo
as Dirigente Sindical
Paulo Filipe
as António Lopes Ribeiro
André Gomes
as Director-Adjunto
José Martins
as Velho 2
Carolina Serrão
as Filha
Luís Lima Barreto
as Fernando Pessoa
Luísa Cruz
as Vizinha 2
Cláudio da Silva
as Polícia
Victoria Guerra
as Marcenda
Dinarte Branco
as Colega Dirigente
Hugo Mestre Amaro
as Gerente Salvador
Rui Morisson
as Dr. Sampaio
