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Mysteries of Lisbon

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 5 August 2011

Production: Clap Filmes

Distributor: Music Box Films

Directed by: Raúl Ruiz

Writer: Carlos Saboga, Camilo Castelo Branco (book)

Cast: Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme, Afonso Pimentel

Mysteries of Lisbon Plot Summary

Raul Ruiz’s masterful adaptation of the eponymous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel (by Camilo Castelo Branco) 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.