Night Train to Lisbon (film)
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| Directed by | Bille August |
| Produced by | Andreas Knoblauch Michael Lehmann Kerstin Ramcke Peter Reichenbach Gunther Russ Benjamin Seikel |
| Written by | Greg Latter Ulrich Herrmann |
| Based on | Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier |
| Starring | Jeremy Irons |
| Music by | Annette Focks |
| Cinematography | Filip Zumbrunn |
| Editing by | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
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| Country | Germany Switzerland Portugal |
| Language | English |
Night Train to Lisbon is a 2013 drama film directed by Bille August, based on the novel of the same name.[1] The film premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
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Plot [edit]
Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss professor of old languages, saves a Portuguese beauty from committing suicide when she is about to take a lethal leap. Right after this incident he comes across a book written by Portuguese author Amadeu do Prado. It is a novel about the resistance against the late Portuguese ruler António de Oliveira Salazar and he gets obsessed with it. He starts to dedicate his life to the study of Portuguese history in general and Amadeu de Prado's oeuvre in particular.
Cast [edit]
- Jeremy Irons as Raimund Gregorius
- Mélanie Laurent as young Estefânia
- Jack Huston as Amadeu do Prado
- Martina Gedeck as Mariana
- Bruno Ganz as older Jorge O'Kelly
- Christopher Lee as older Father Bartolomeu
- Lena Olin as older Estefânia
- Charlotte Rampling as older Adriana do Prado
- Tom Courtenay as older João Eça
- Marco d'Almeida as young João Eça
- August Diehl as young Jorge O'Kelly
- Beatriz Batarda as young Adriana do Prado
- Burghart Klaußner as Judge Prado
- Filipe Vargas as young Father Bartolomeu
- Adriano Luz as Rui Luís Mendes, the Butcher of Lisbon
Reception [edit]
The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney wrote Billie August's direction was caught in "an outmoded storytelling approach" where "key events" remained "hopelessly page-bound"[3] while Variety's Boyd van Hoeij called the film "a relic", just "waffly rather than talky and entirely devoid of tension.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ "Bille August boards 'Night Train'". Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ "Berlinale 2013: Competition Now Complete". berlinale. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
- ^ "Night Train to Lisbon: Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ "'Night Train to Lisbon' review". Variety. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
External links [edit]
- Night Train to Lisbon Official website
- Night Train to Lisbon at the Internet Movie Database
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