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Requiem 1998 Directed by Alain Tanner

What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has meetings with the ghosts of his dead friend, his dead lover, his dead father and Pessoa, the great portuguese writer. These four encounters give him clues about what he is looking for. Beside that, he finds himself in front of art, discovering how it modifies our comprehension of life. It's based in one of Tabucci's (the italian writer)books: "Requiem". This few lines cannot resume the greatness of this movie. The last thing I can say is: If you like art, I recommend you to see it. If you ever wonder about the nature of dreams, or you live in dreams half of the time, I think you'll feel like this movie was made for you.

Language French
Spoken Languages French , Portuguese
Release Date 3 June 1998
104 mins
Cast
Márcia Breia Mrs. Casimira
Canto e Castro The lame man of the lottery
Lia Gama Isadora
Raul Solnado Cemetery guard
Miguel Yeco Fernando Pessoa
Cécile Tanner Christine
João Maria Pinto The train controller
Sérgio Godinho The doorkeeper of the pension
Anna Carvalho The girl
Daniel Martinho The cab driver
Bibi Perestrelo The woman at the lighthouse
Carlos Rodrigues newspaper salesman
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