MYSTERIES OF LISBON
by Raoul Ruiz
synopsis
A veritable whirlwind of adventures and escapades, coincidences and revelations, sentiments and violent passions, vengeance, love affairs, all wrapped in a rhapsodic voyage taking us from Portugal to France, Italy, and as far as Brazil. In this Lisbon of intrigue and hidden identities, we encounter a series of characters all somewhat linked to the destiny of Pedro da Silva, orphan in a boarding school. Father Dinis, a descendent of the aristocratic libertines, later to become a hero who defends justice, a countess maddened by her jealousy and set on her vengeance, a prosperous businessman who mysteriously made his fortune as a bloodthirsty pirate; these people and many more cross paths in a story set in the 19th century as they all search for the true identity of our main character.
international title: | Mysteries of Lisbon |
original title: | Mistérios de Lisboa |
country: | Portugal |
sales agent: | Alfama Films |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Raoul Ruiz |
film run: | 256' |
release date: | FR 20/10/2010, PT 21/10/2010, ES 18/03/2011, NL 19/05/2011, UK 09/12/2011 |
screenplay: | Carlos Saboga |
cast: | Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme, Afonso Pimentel, João Arrais, Carloto Cotta, Léa Seydoux, Margarida Vila-Nova, Melvil Poupaud, Malik Zidi |
cinematography by: | André Szankowski |
film editing: | Valeria Sarmiento, Carlos Madaleno |
music: | Jorge Arriagada, Lúis de Freitas Branco |
producer: | Paulo Branco |
production: | Clap Filmes |
distributor: | Alfama Films, Atalanta Filmes, New Wave Films, Wanda Visión, Eye Film Museum Distribution |