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.
as Ricardo Reis
as Marcenda
as Lídia
as Fernando Pessoa
as Colega Dirigente
as Victor
as Vizinha 1
as Vizinha 2
as Rámon
as Velho 1
as Dirigente Sindical
as Doctor
as Polícia
as Orador
as António Lopes Ribeiro
as Motorista
as Gerente Salvador
as Director-Adjunto
as Dr. Sampaio
as Carlota
as Bagageiro
as Empregado Martinho
as Velho 2
as Revisor
as Viúva
as Filha
as Voz da Rádio (voice)
