Requiem (1998)

Director:

Alain Tanner

Writers:

Bernard Comment, Antonio Tabucchi (novel),

Stars:

Francis Frappat, André Marcon, Alexandre Zloto

1 win & 2 nominations.

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
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

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

lisbon portugal | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Madragoa Filmes [Portugal] (Portuguese) Official site powered by infoCINE

Country:

Switzerland France Portugal

Language:

French

Release Date:

3 June 1998 (France)

Also Known As:

Lissaboner Requiem

Filming Locations:

Lisbon, Portugal

Box Office

Budget:

FRF 6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CAB Productions, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Filmograph S.A.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

User Reviews

Very possibly THE masterpiece of Nineties' cinema

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.