MYSTERIES OF LISBON [BLU-RAY] [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 2010
• Genre: Drama, Foreign, Mystery
• Plot: Raúl Ruiz's masterful adaptation of the eponymous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel by Camilo Castelo Branc) evokes the complex intertwined narratives of Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens. The core story centers on Joao, the bastard child of an ill-fated romance between two members of the aristocracy who are forbidden to marry, and his quest to discover the truth of his parentage. But this is just the start of an engrossing tale that follows a multitude of characters whose fates conjoin, separate and then rejoin again over three decades in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.
• Cast: Adriano Luz, Ricardo Pereira, Maria João Bastos, João Arrais, Vânia Rodrigues, Joana de Verona, Rui Morisson, João Villas-Boas, Maria João Pinho, Clotilde Hesme, Albano Jerónimo, Martin Loizillon, José Airosa, Martinho Silva, José Manuel Mendes, São José Correia, Afonso Pimentel, Julien Alluguette, Raquel Dias, Malik Zidi, João Baptista, Cleia Almeida, João Ricardo, Sofia Leite, Dinis Gomes, André Gomes, Carloto Cotta, Lena Friedrich, Rui Neto, Dinarte Branco, Paulo Pinto, Nuno Távora, Ana Sofia Campos, Léa Seydoux, Américo Silva, Ricardo Aibéo, João Paulo Santos, Ana Chagas, Melvil Poupaud, Filipe Vargas, António Simão, Duarte Guimarães, Marco D'Almeida, António Fonseca, Helena Coelho, Marcello Urgeghe, Miguel Monteiro, Carlos António, Pedro Carmo, Hugo Mestre Amaro, Margarida Vila-Nova, Beatriz Leonardo, Sofia Aparício, Leonor Figueiredo, Catarina Wallenstein, Tiago Fagulha, Leonor Vasconcelos, Joana Botelho, António Pinhão Botelho, Afonso Lagarto, Bruno Ambrósio, Martim Barbeiro, Júlio Salgado, Raúl Ruiz, Carlos Saboga, Camilo Castelo Branco, Paulo Branco, André Szankowski, Carlos Madaleno, Valeria Sarmiento, Jorge Arriagada, Ricardo Leal, Isabel Branco
• Director: Raúl Ruiz
• Runtime: 4:26
• Company: Clap Filmes, Alfama Films, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA), Lisboo Films, Arte France Cinéma, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), Music Box Films
• Media Format: Movie