The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

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20202h 9m

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.

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Cast

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Chico Diaz

Ricardo Reis

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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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Ricardo Aibéo

Dirigente Sindical

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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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