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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

Fernando 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.

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  • Chico Diaz

    Chico Diaz

    Ricardo Reis

  • Victoria Guerra

    Victoria Guerra

    Marcenda

  • Catarina Wallenstein

    Catarina Wallenstein

    Lídia

  • Luís Lima Barreto

    Luís Lima Barreto

    Fernando Pessoa

  • Dinarte Branco

    Dinarte Branco

    Colega Dirigente

  • João Barbosa

    João Barbosa

    Victor

  • Márcia Breia

    Márcia Breia

    Vizinha 1

  • Luísa Cruz

    Luísa Cruz

    Vizinha 2

  • Gustavo Vargas

    Gustavo Vargas

    Rámon

Overview

Fernando 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.

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