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Title: Comboio Noturno Para Lisboa (2013)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jeremy Irons | ... | Raimund Gregorius | |
| Mélanie Laurent | ... | Young Estefânia | |
| Jack Huston | ... | Amadeu | |
| Martina Gedeck | ... | Mariana | |
| Tom Courtenay | ... | Older João Eça | |
| August Diehl | ... | Young Jorge O'Kelly | |
| Bruno Ganz | ... | Older Jorge O'Kelly | |
| Lena Olin | ... | Older Estefânia | |
| Marco D'Almeida | ... | Young João | |
| Beatriz Batarda | ... | Young Adriana | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Father Bartolomeu | |
| Charlotte Rampling | ... | Older Adriana | |
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Nicolau Breyner | ... | Da Silva |
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Jane Thorne | ... | Older Clotilde |
| Burghart Klaußner | ... | Judge Prado | |
This movie is about aging Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) of classical languages who, after a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman, quits his job and travels to Lisbon in the hope of discovering the fate of a certain author, a doctor and poet who fought against Portuguese Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.
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In Bern, Switzerland, the teacher Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) saves a young woman from committing suicide jumping off a bridge and brings her to the school where he works. During his class, she leaves the building and Raimund unsuccessfully runs after her to give her coat back. He finds a book, "Um Ourives das Palavras" (A Goldsmith of the Words) written by the Portuguese Amadeu de Almeida Prado (Jack Huston) in the pocket and he goes to the bookstore stamped on the first page and discovers that the book was sold on the previous day to the woman. He finds a train ticket to Lisbon that will departure in fifteen minutes inside the book and he goes to the Central Station expecting to find the woman. He embarks in the train to Lisbon and reads the book, becoming fascinated with the story. When he arrives in Lisbon, Raimund decides to stay in the city to meet Amadeu. He finds his house, where his sister Adriana (Charlotte Rampling) lives, and soon he discovers that Amadeu is dead. Raimund decides to research the life of Amadeu, who was a doctor and writer that belonged to the resistance against the dictator Salazar, and his discoveries affect his own boring life.
"Night Train to Lisbon" is a movie with a tedious beginning, when the lead character leaves his students in their classroom and travels to Lisbon in a senseless situation. Then there is serendipity, when he has an accident and breaks his glasses, and the doctor introduces him to her uncle that was a friend of Amadeu. But the development of the plot like a puzzle and the open conclusion are excellent and makes worthwhile watching this movie. The excellent European cast is another great attraction. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Trem Noturno para Lisboa" ("Night Train to Lisbon")