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.
Jackie Brown
1997
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The Name of the Rose
1986
7
Le Salaire de la peur
1953
8
East of Eden
1955
7
The Outsiders
1983
7
Der blaue Engel
1930
7
Stand by Me
1986
7
The Godfather
1972
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The Godfather Part II
1974
8
About a Boy
2002
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Oliver Twist
2005
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Le Mépris
1963
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Ronja Rövardotter
1984
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991
8
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
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Desert Hearts
1985
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984
8
Mystic River
2003
7
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
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The Devil Wears Prada
2006
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