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Mysteries of Lisbon plunges us into a veritable whirlwind of adventures and escapades, coincidences and revelations, sentiments and violent passions, vengeance, love affairs, all wrapped in a rhapsodic voyage that takes us from Portugal to France, Italy, and as far as Brazil. In this Lisbon of intrigue and hidden identities, we encounter a series of characters all somewhat linked to the destiny of Pedro da Silva, orphan in a boarding school. Father Dinis, a descendent of the aristocratic libertines, later becomes a hero who defends justice, a countess maddened by her jealousy and set on her vengeance, a prosperous businessman who had mysteriously made his fortune as a bloodthirsty pirate; these and many more all cross in a story set in the 19th century and all searching for the true identity of our main character.
Mysteries of Lisbon Bonus Disc contains:
Filmed Interviews with:
Raúl Ruiz
Carlos Saboga (scriptwriter)
Actors: Maria João Bastos, Adriano Luz, Ricardo Pereira
André Szankowski (Cinematographer)
Making of
8 deleted scenes
2 Radio Interviews with Raúl Ruiz
San Sebastian festival report
Portuguese TV programme about the film and the author Camilo Castelo Branco
Photo Gallery
Subtitle options throughout film and bonus disc:
English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
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Mysteries of Lisbon plunges us into a veritable whirlwind of adventures and escapades, coincidences and revelations, sentiments and violent passions, vengeance, love affairs, all wrapped in a rhapsodic voyage that takes us from Portugal to France, Italy, and as far as Brazil. In this Lisbon of intrigue and hidden identities, we encounter a series of characters all somewhat linked to the destiny of Pedro da Silva, orphan in a boarding school. Father Dinis, a descendent of the aristocratic libertines, later becomes a hero who defends justice, a countess maddened by her jealousy and set on her vengeance, a prosperous businessman who had mysteriously made his fortune as a bloodthirsty pirate; these and many more all cross in a story set in the 19th century and all searching for the true identity of our main character.
Mysteries of Lisbon Bonus Disc contains:
Filmed Interviews with:
Raúl Ruiz
Carlos Saboga (scriptwriter)
Actors: Maria João Bastos, Adriano Luz, Ricardo Pereira
André Szankowski (Cinematographer)
Making of
8 deleted scenes
2 Radio Interviews with Raúl Ruiz
San Sebastian festival report
Portuguese TV programme about the film and the author Camilo Castelo Branco
Photo Gallery
Subtitle options throughout film and bonus disc:
English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
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The back of the box cover does state, that it has a french language option and Dolby Digital sound, but this is not the case.
Audio is 5.1 and 2.0 Portuguese DTS Master audio with English Subtitles.
Disc 3 is special features and presented in the blu ray format.
This set also includes a very nice booklet, with foreword from the director.
Overall plenty of value,- A great transfer of a wounderful film.
Distincly and subtly directed by Latin-American filmmaker Raúl Ruiz, this intricate and exquisite story which is narrated from multiple viewpoints, draws a stately and memorable portrayal of an adolescent boy`s conflicting road towards discovering his true identity during the 19th century and the destinies of all the people who in one way or another were connected to his birth. While notable for it`s brilliant milieu depictions, production design and costume design by Portuguese production designer, art director and costume designer Isabel Branco, cinematography by Brazilian-born cinematographer André Szankowski and the cogent editing by Chilean screenwriter, film editor and director Valéria Sarmiento and film editor Carlos Madaleno, this somewhat surreal and romantic period drama which is driven by it`s voice-over narration, dialog, variegated characters and interrelated stories, depicts multiple studies of character and contains a remarkable score by Chilean-born composer Jorge Arrigada and Portuguese composer and professor of music Luís Freitas Branco (1890-1955).
This rhythmic, multifaceted, at times humerous and invariably moving epic about human suffering, human relations, identity, love and faith, depicts some intriguing studies of character and is an atmospheric and melodramatic tale which is impelled and reinforced by the compelling acting performances by Portuguese actor Adriano Luz, French actress Clotilde Hesme, Portuguese actress Maria Joáo Bastos, Portuguese actor and director José Afonso Pimentel and Portuguese actor Ricardo Pereira. An accomplished cinematic achievement and a masterful mystery which gained, among other awards, the Silver Seashell Award for Best Director Raúl Ruiz at the 58th San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2010 and the TFCA Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 15th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards in 2011.
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