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. JosĂ© 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, LĂdia and Marcenda, are Reis’ carnal and impossible passions. “Life and Death as one” allows for literature and cinema.
Chico Diaz
Ricardo Reis
Victoria Guerra
Marcenda
Catarina Wallenstein
LĂdia
LuĂs Lima Barreto
Fernando Pessoa
Dinarte Branco
Colega Dirigente
Márcia Breia
Vizinha 1
LuĂsa Cruz
Vizinha 2
Gustavo Vargas
Rámon
LuĂs Lucas
Velho 1
Ricardo Aibéo
Dirigente Sindical
Marcello Urgeghe
Doctor
Cláudio da Silva
PolĂcia
Pedro Lacerda
Orador
Paulo Filipe
AntĂłnio Lopes Ribeiro
Dinis Gomes
Motorista
Hugo Mestre Amaro
Gerente Salvador
André Gomes
Director-Adjunto
Rui Morisson
Dr. Sampaio
José Martins
Velho 2
Alexandra Rosa
ViĂşva
Carolina SerrĂŁo
Filha
Bruno Ferreira
Voz da Rádio (voice)