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3 June 1998 (France) more
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1 win & 1 nomination more
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Very possibly THE masterpiece of Nineties' cinema more (2 total)

Cast

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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
Raul 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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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)
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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
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3 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Very possibly THE masterpiece of Nineties' cinema, 19 October 1998
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Author: pf9 from United States

A Dumasian twenty years later the director of "La Salamandre" and of "Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000" has done it again, he has given us another major masterpiece, this time based on a remarkable novel by Antonio Tabucchi.

An attempt to account for and cope with the unpredictable, irrational and painful twists and turns of life, leads this film unambiguously to the doors of poetry, ultimately "personified" in it by the ghost of Fernando Pessoa. Never before has a film so remarkably embodied the very essence of the poetic art. Tanner has found its exact cinematic counterpart. This film does not lecture or philosophise, it engages the viewer head on in a both deep and deeply moving fashion.

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