The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
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.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (2020)
João Botelho
At a glance
Countries
Portugal
Ratings
TMDB users
4.4/10
4 votes
IMDb
6.1/10
Users
Rating consensus
53/100 blend
Sources: TMDB · IMDb
Cooler blended reception — weighted ~53/100 across 2 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Chico Diaz
Ricardo Reis
Victoria Guerra
Marcenda
Catarina Wallenstein
Lídia
Luís Lima Barreto
Fernando Pessoa
Dinarte Branco
Colega Dirigente
João Barbosa
Victor
Márcia Breia
Vizinha 1
Luísa Cruz
Vizinha 2
Gustavo Vargas
Rámon
Luís Lucas
Velho 1
Ricardo Aibéo
Dirigente Sindical
Marcello Urgeghe
Doctor
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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (2020)
João Botelho
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