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Overview

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6.8/10   53 votes
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Director:
Alain Tanner
Writers:
Bernard Comment (writer)
Antonio Tabucchi (novel)
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Release Date:
3 June 1998 (France) more
Genre:
Drama more
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Nature of Art, Life and Dreams more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Francis Frappat ... Paul
André Marcon ... Pierre
Alexandre Zloto ... Father
Cécile Tanner ... Christine
Zita Duarte ... Gypsy
Canto e Castro ... The lame man of the lottery
Márcia Breia ... Casimiro's Wife
Raúl Solnado ... Cemetery Guard
Miguel Yeco ... Fernando Pessoa
Lia Gama ... Isadora
Bibi Perestrelo ... The woman at the lighthouse
Carlos Rodrigues ... The newspaper salesman
Paulo Pina ... The young junkie
Daniel Martinho ... The cab driver
Sérgio Godinho ... The doorkeeper of the pension
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lissaboner Requiem (Switzerland: German title)
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Runtime:
Spain:104 min | Switzerland:100 min | Argentina:105 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Certification:
France:U | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Lisbon, Portugal

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Nature of Art, Life and Dreams, 18 June 2001
Author: metamorfosisnet (metamorfosisnet@yahoo.com) from Buenos Aires, Argentina

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.

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