The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
129 mins
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.
João Barbosa
Victor
Solange Santos
Carlota
Rafael Fonseca
Bagageiro
Hugo Silva
Empregado Martinho
Francisco Tavares
Revisor
Armando Chouriço
Generator Operator
Alexandre Oliveira
Producer
Rodrigo Dray
Gaffer
Marco Oliveira
Additional Grip
Ricardo Lameiras
Second Assistant Camera
Francisco Veloso
Sound
Pedro Ramalhete
Second Assistant Director
Pedro Bento
Production Manager
João Ribeiro
Director of Photography
Francisco Veloso
Sound Editor
Cláudia Lopes Costa
Set Decoration
Tiago Inuit
Sound Designer
Daniel Bernardes
Music
Carlos Subtil
Set Decoration
Sara Braz
Sound Editor
Joana Niza Braga
Sound Mixer
Rita de Castro
Key Makeup Artist
Thelma de Jerusalém
Property Master
Carlota Capitão de Sousa
Costume Assistant
Teresa Almeida
Hairstylist
Carla Costa
Hairstylist
Fabienne Couvreur
Painter
Donzilia Faria
Seamstress
Jennifer Mendes
Colorist
Anderson Uzual
Hairstylist
Miguel Miranda
Special Effects Technician
Pedro Maurício
Special Effects Technician
Filipe Pereira
Special Effects Supervisor
Sara Joana Pereira
Assistant Costume Designer
Ana Bordalo
Administration
Pedro Rainho
Special Effects Technician
Joana Veloso
Costume Supervisor
Miguel Almeida
Hairstylist
Danila Hatzakis
Key Hair Stylist
Fátima Sousa
Hairstylist
Cinara Pisco
Graphic Designer
Jorge Saldanha
Sound Recordist
Luísa Ferreira
Still Photographer
Ricardo Simoes
Focus Puller
Hugo Peralta
Special Effects Technician
Pedro Arial
Grip
António Godinho
Electrician
Madalena Braga
Assistant Costume Designer
João Alves
Location Scout
Paulo Abelho
Sound Mixer
Marta Valente Lopes
Production Assistant
Hugo Saiote
Production Assistant
António Gavinho
Painter
Joana Eufrázia
Special Effects Technician
Ana Sofia Rodrigues
Assistant Costume Designer
Miguel Coelho
Boom Operator
Ricardo Simoes
First Assistant Camera
Paulo Guilherme
Script Supervisor
Rute Santos
Production Assistant
Soraia Guilherme
Makeup Artist
Donato Melo
Electrician
Tomás Novais Castro
Third Assistant Director
Ana Costa
Assistant Art Director
Vera Mendes
Costumer
Vera Caldeira
Makeup Artist
Pedro Vicente
Visual Effects
Fábio Alas
Additional Grip
Sílvia Guerra
Production Accountant
Nuno Esteves
Makeup Designer
Maria João Dinis
Production Supervisor
Manuel Ramos
Key Grip
Karina Queiroz
Production Assistant
Marta Moreira
Production Coordinator
Ivan Coletti
Production Secretary