MISTÉRIOS DE LISBOA
Portugal/France
2010
266 minutes
In 19th century Lisbon, an orphan boy discovers the truth about his birth and finds himself in the middle of a series of romantic intrigues. Sweepingly old-fashioned melodrama used as an excuse for a stylized but utterly sincere meditation on the nature of storytelling and man's love of stories very much in line with its director's work; length is surprisingly not a problem. The film was shot simultaneously as a six-hour television series.
Paulo Branco presents a Clap Filmes production, with the participation of Alfama Film Production, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Ministério da Cultura, ARTE France Cinéma, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Cofinova Développement. (Portuguese distributor, Clap Filmes. World sales, Alfama Films.)
Starring Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme, Afonso Pimentel, João Luís Arrais, Albano Jerónimo, João Baptista, Martin Loizillon, Julien Alluguette, Rui Morrison, Joana de Verona, Carloto Cotta, Maria João Pinho, José Manuel Mendes; with the special participation of Léa Seydoux, Malik Zidi, Melvil Poupaud, Margarida Vila-Nova, Sofia Aparício, Catarina Wallenstein.
Directed by Raúl Ruiz; produced by Paulo Branco; screenplay by Carlos Saboga, based on the novel by Camilo Castelo Branco, Mysteries of Lisbon; music by Jorge Arriagada and Luís de Freitas Branco; director of photography (Nova Imagem/Light Film), André Szankowski; art director, Isabel Branco; wardrobe, Tânia Franco; film editors, Valeria Sarmiento, Carlos Madaleno.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Medeia King 3 (Lisbon), October 16th 2010.
2010
266 minutes
In 19th century Lisbon, an orphan boy discovers the truth about his birth and finds himself in the middle of a series of romantic intrigues. Sweepingly old-fashioned melodrama used as an excuse for a stylized but utterly sincere meditation on the nature of storytelling and man's love of stories very much in line with its director's work; length is surprisingly not a problem. The film was shot simultaneously as a six-hour television series.
Paulo Branco presents a Clap Filmes production, with the participation of Alfama Film Production, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Ministério da Cultura, ARTE France Cinéma, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Cofinova Développement. (Portuguese distributor, Clap Filmes. World sales, Alfama Films.)
Starring Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme, Afonso Pimentel, João Luís Arrais, Albano Jerónimo, João Baptista, Martin Loizillon, Julien Alluguette, Rui Morrison, Joana de Verona, Carloto Cotta, Maria João Pinho, José Manuel Mendes; with the special participation of Léa Seydoux, Malik Zidi, Melvil Poupaud, Margarida Vila-Nova, Sofia Aparício, Catarina Wallenstein.
Directed by Raúl Ruiz; produced by Paulo Branco; screenplay by Carlos Saboga, based on the novel by Camilo Castelo Branco, Mysteries of Lisbon; music by Jorge Arriagada and Luís de Freitas Branco; director of photography (Nova Imagem/Light Film), André Szankowski; art director, Isabel Branco; wardrobe, Tânia Franco; film editors, Valeria Sarmiento, Carlos Madaleno.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Medeia King 3 (Lisbon), October 16th 2010.
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