The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

129 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 2020

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.

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

129 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 2020

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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Ar de Filmes
Original title O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis
Directors Tomás Novais Castro, Pedro Ramalhete, Paulo Guilherme, António Pinhão Botelho, João Botelho
Writers João Botelho, José Saramago

Cast

Chico Diaz

as Ricardo Reis

Victoria Guerra

as Marcenda

Luís Lima Barreto

as Fernando Pessoa

Dinarte Branco

as Colega Dirigente

João Barbosa

as Victor

Márcia Breia

as Vizinha 1

Luísa Cruz

as Vizinha 2

Gustavo Vargas

as Rámon

Luís Lucas

as Velho 1

Ricardo Aibéo

as Dirigente Sindical

Marcello Urgeghe

as Doctor

Cláudio da Silva

as Polícia

Pedro Lacerda

as Orador

Paulo Filipe Monteiro

as António Lopes Ribeiro

Dinis Gomes

as Motorista

Hugo Mestre Amaro

as Gerente Salvador

André Gomes

as Director-Adjunto

Rui Morisson

as Dr. Sampaio

Solange Santos

as Carlota

Rafael Fonseca

as Bagageiro

Hugo Silva

as Empregado Martinho

José Martins

as Velho 2

Francisco Tavares

as Revisor

Alexandra Rosa

as Viúva

Carolina Serrão

as Filha

Bruno Ferreira

as Voz da Rádio (voice)