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Requiem

74 %|Jun 3, 1998|Drama

What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has meetings with the ghosts of his dead friend, his dead lover, his dead father and Pessoa, the great portuguese writer. These four encounters give him clues about what he is looking for. Beside that, he finds himself in front of art, discovering how it modifies our comprehension of life. It's based in one of Tabucci's (the italian writer)books: "Requiem". This few lines cannot resume the greatness of this movie. The last thing I can say is: If you like art, I recommend you to see it. If you ever wonder about the nature of dreams, or you live in dreams half of the time, I think you'll feel like this movie was made for you.

Featured Crew

Antonio Tabucchi
Novel
Alain Tanner
Writer
Bernard Comment
Writer
Alain Tanner
Director
Paulo Branco
Producer

Cast

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Márcia Breia
Mrs. Casimira
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Canto e Castro
The lame man of the lottery
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Lia Gama
Isadora
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Raul Solnado
Cemetery guard
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Miguel Yeco
Fernando Pessoa
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João Maria Pinto
The train controller
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Sérgio Godinho
The doorkeeper of the pension
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Daniel Martinho
The cab driver
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Bibi Perestrelo
The woman at the lighthouse
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Carlos Rodrigues
newspaper salesman