The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names of the Modernist Movement, Fernando Pessoa (in Lisbon) and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (in Paris). Their endless conversation was dramatically and suddenly terminated.
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names of the Modernist Movement, Fernando Pessoa (in Lisbon) and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (in Paris). Their endless conversation was dramatically and suddenly terminated.
Fernando Cabral MartinsFernando Pessoa
André GomesMário de Sá-Carneiro
Juliet BertoHelena
Jorge Silva MeloNarrator / Fausto
Manoel de OliveiraPadre
Isabel RuthAmericana Louca
João PerryRicardo
Francisco Pinhão BotelhoBaby (uncredited)
Leonor PinhãoConfissão de Lúcio: Marta
Isabel de CastroMarinheiro: 2.º Veladora
Zita DuarteMarinheiro: 1.º VeladoraAntónio BarahonaLeitores: Pessoa ortónimo (voice)Joaquim FurtadoLeitores: Álvaro de Campos (voice)
Elsa WallencampFreiraOsório MateusLeitura de Poemas de Sá-CarneiroNuno Vieira de AlmeidaPianisa
João BotelhoDirectorJoão BotelhoScreenplayHelena DomingosDialogue
Paulo BrancoProducer
António-Pedro VasconcelosExecutive Producer
Acácio de AlmeidaDirector of Photography
Manuela ViegasEditorJoão BotelhoEditor
Joaquim PintoSound
Vasco PimentelSoundJorge ArriagadaOriginal Music Composer
Jean-Paul LoublierSound MixerAna JottaProduction DesignCarlos FerreiroAssistant Director
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