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Mysteries of Lisbon (Portuguese: Mistérios de Lisboa) is a 2010 Portuguese period drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz based on an 1854 novel of the same name by Camilo Castelo Branco.
Sep 14, 2011 · "Mysteries of Lisbon" opens with the voice of young Pedro da Silva (Joao Luis Arrais), an orphan who boards at a school run by Father Dinis. The boy is teased because he has no family name; he must be a bastard, some cruel boys say.
Mysteries of Lisbon achieves an epic heft through an unhurried pace and lush photography, its beguiling episodes culminating in an impressive whole that justifies a lengthy runtime. Read...
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- João Arrais
- Raúl Ruiz
- History, Drama
Jul 6, 2011 · Raul Ruiz's masterful adaptation of the eponymous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel (by Camilo Castelo Branco) evokes the complex intertwined narratives of Victor Hugo...
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May 22, 2020 · Now available for the first time in the US in the expanded, six-episode miniseries version that originally aired in 2011. Coming to Virtual Cinemas May 22, 2020Social: @musicboxfilms # ...
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Mysteries of Lisbon plunges us into a whirlwind of adventures and escapades, sentiments and violent passions, all wrapped in a rhapsodic voyage that takes us from Portugal, France, Italy, and as far as Brazil.
Apr 5, 2011 · Mysteries of Lisbon. Like Dreyer’s Gertrud or Ford’s Cheyenne Autumn, Raúl Ruiz’s Mysteries of Lisbon seems to have been created by an artist absolutely drowned in his own world and alien to trends and fashions around him.
