Main Cast: Francis Frappat, André Marcon, Alexandre Zloto, Myriam Szabo, Manuel Jose Mendes
Release Year: 1998
Country: PT/FR/CH/DE
Run Time: 99 minutes
Plot
Alain Tanner (In the White City) directed this Swiss-French-Portuguese drama, based on the novel by Antonio Tabucci. Amid August heat in Lisbon, French author Paul (Francis Frappat) meets various people from his past who surface from his memories into reality. Poet Pierre (Andre Marcon) takes him to a restaurant, and Paul's father (Alexandre Zloto) wants to know how he died. When Paul visits a private club, the headwaiter (Jose Manuel Mendes) bets a bottle of 1952 wine on a billiard shot. Both novel and film serve as tributes to Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa, who appears here as a character. Shown in the Directors Fortnight section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Cast
Francis Frappat - Paul
André Marcon - Pierre
Alexandre Zloto - Father
Myriam Szabo - Isabel
Manuel Jose Mendes - Headwaiter
Sergio Godinho - Guard of pension; Carlos Rodriguez - Newspaper vendor; Cecile Tanner - Christine; Canto Castro - Man at lottery; Zita Duarte - Gypsy; Lia Gama - Isadora; Raul Solnado - Guard at cemetery; Miguel Yeco - Fernando Pessoa; Marcia Breia - Casimiro's Wife
Credit
Isabel Quadros - Costume Designer, Anne Deluz - First Assistant Director, Alain Tanner - Director, Monica Goux - Editor, Michel Wintsch - Composer (Music Score), Joao Torres - Production Designer, Hugues Ryffel - Cinematographer, Paulo Branco - Producer, Jean-Louis Porchet - Producer, Alain Tanner - Producer, Gérard Ruey - Producer, Henri Maikoff - Sound/Sound Designer, Alain Tanner - Screenwriter, Bernard Comment - Screenwriter, Antonio Tabucchi - Book Author
