The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
2020Fernando Pessoa, one of the greatest writers in Portuguese, created an immense parallel world and several heteronyms so as to endure the loneliness of genius. José Saramago, 1998 Nobel Laureate in Literature, has a heteronym, Ricardo Reis, return to Portugal after a 16-year exile in Brazil. 1936 is a perilous year with Mussolini’s fascism, Hitler’s Nazism, Spain’s Civil War and Salazar’s New State in Portugal. And Fernando Pessoa meets his creation, Reis. Two women, Lídia and Marcenda, are Reis’ carnal and impossible passions. “Life and Death as one” allows for literature and cinema.
Acted in
Chico Diaz
as Ricardo Reis
Victoria Guerra
as Marcenda
Catarina Wallenstein
as Lídia
Luís Lima Barreto
as Fernando Pessoa
Dinarte Branco
as Colega Dirigente
João Barbosa
as Victor
Márcia Breia
as Vizinha 1
Luísa Cruz
as Vizinha 2
Gustavo Vargas
as Rámon
Luís Lucas
as Velho 1
Ricardo Aibéo
as Dirigente Sindical
Marcello Urgeghe
as Doctor
Cláudio da Silva
as Polícia
Pedro Lacerda
as Orador
Paulo Filipe
as António Lopes Ribeiro
Dinis Gomes
as Motorista
Hugo Mestre Amaro
as Gerente Salvador
André Gomes
as Director-Adjunto
Rui Morisson
as Dr. Sampaio
Solange Santos
as Carlota
Rafael Fonseca
as Bagageiro
Hugo Silva
as Empregado Martinho
José Martins
as Velho 2
Francisco Tavares
as Revisor
Alexandra Rosa
as Viúva
Carolina Serrão
as Filha
Bruno Ferreira
as Voz da Rádio (voice)