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aka MISTÉRIOS DE LISBOA
Year: 2010
USA: Music Box Films
UK: New Wave Films
Cast: Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira,
Clotilde Hesme, Afonso Pimentel, João Arrais, Albano Jerónimo, João
Baptista, Martin Loizillon, Julien Alluguette, Rui Morrison, Joana
de Verona, Carloto Cotta, Maria João Pinho, José Manuel Mendes
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Country: Portugal
Language: Portuguese / French (English subtitles)
USA: 257 mins
UK: 266 mins
USA Rated: Unrated
UK Certificate: PG contains mild violence, sex references and
language
USA Release Date: 5 August 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 9 December 2011 (Limited Release)
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Synopsis
Adapted from the 19th century Portuguese novel by Camilo Castelo
Branco, which evokes the complex intertwined narratives of Victor
Hugo and Charles Dickens. Directed by Raul Ruiz, the story centres
on Joao, the illegitimate child of an ill-fated romance between two
members of the aristocracy who are forbidden to marry, and his
subsequent quest to discover the truth of his parentage.
But this is just the start of an epic tale that follows a host of
characters whose fates intertwine then separate and later rejoin
spanning three decades in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.
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