The Italian Writer (2007)
"A Escritora Italiana" (original title)

In the future, Joseph enters a bookshop searching for an Italian writer. While he searches for the name "Firenze" in the database, he recounts the story of a woman he had met 30 years ago. ... See full summary »

Director:

André Badalo

Writer:

André Badalo

Stars:

Lúcia Moniz, Diogo Morgado, Nicolau Breyner

Cast

Credited cast:
Lúcia Moniz	...	Giulia
Diogo Morgado	...	Joseph
Nicolau Breyner	...	Joseph - 2035
Simone de Oliveira	...	Arminda Badalo
José Raposo	...	Samantha Derek
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neil Barry	...	Joseph's father
Filipe Carvalho
Pedro Carvalho	...	Joseph
Nuno Nolasco
Mónica Sintra

Storyline

In the future, Joseph enters a bookshop searching for an Italian writer. While he searches for the name "Firenze" in the database, he recounts the story of a woman he had met 30 years ago. Lisbon, 2007: Joseph is a tormented American seminarian, a member of Opus Dei, who has come to Lisbon to help organize an exhibition of the Franciscan Order in Lisbon's Cathedral. The exhibition brings to Portugal a legendary mirror, "The Mirror of St. Francis of Assisi", that was said to have allowed St Francis to see the next morning. On the day of his departure, Joseph, at the train station, literally bumps into Giulia, a beautiful and irreverent Italian writer with whom he establishes an immediate chemistry. Giulia tells Joseph she came to Lisbon to try to find a mysterious Portuguese singer who her father had a relationship with in Lisbon before he left to fight for the Portuguese in their colonial war. In the final letters that this woman had sent to Giulia's father, her passion and feeling of...

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Taglines:

Two lost souls in a strange city... a past so intense that they can only fail to share a future together...

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Portugal

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

May 2007 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

The Italian Writer

Filming Locations:

Lisbon, Portugal

Company Credits

Production Co:

Way Out Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

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