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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (2020) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2020 · 129 mins · Portuguese
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- Directed by
- João Botelho
- Starring
- Luísa Cruz, Chico Diaz, Cláudio da Silva, Hugo Silva, André Gomes, Victoria Guerra
The acclaimed writer Fernando Pessoa, known for his extensive use of heteronyms to cope with solitude, finds his creation, Ricardo Reis, returning to Portugal after sixteen years in Brazil. It's 1936, a time of political turmoil marked by the rise of Mussolini's fascism, Hitler’s Nazism, and the Spanish Civil War, all while Salazar’s New State grips Portugal. The story explores the complex relationship between Pessoa and Reis, and delves into Reis’s passionate and unattainable connections with two women, Lídia and Marcenda. The narrative intertwines life and death, blending literature and cinema.
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