| Mysteries of Lisbon | |
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| Directed by | Raúl Ruiz |
| Written by | Carlos Saboga |
| Based on | Os Mistérios de Lisboa by Camilo Castelo Branco |
| Produced by | Paulo Branco |
| Starring | Maria João Bastos Clotilde Hesme |
| Cinematography | André Szankowski |
| Edited by | Carlos Madaleno Valeria Sarmiento |
| Music by | Jorge Arriagada Luís de Freitas Branco |
| Distributed by | Clap - Produção de Filmes (Portugal) Alfama Films (France) |
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Running time | 272 minutes |
| Countries | Portugal France |
| Languages | Portuguese French English |
| Budget | €2.5 million |
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. The movie's running time is 272 minutes. It played as a miniseries in 60-minute installments in some countries.[1] The film has won nine awards and been nominated for eight more.
The plot of Mysteries of Lisbon is rich with coincidences, plot twists, multiple narrators, disguises, and flashbacks-within-flashbacks. Every major character possesses at least two identities, and the story—which hopscotches around Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries—is set against the Napoleonic Wars and includes pirates, a woman hellbent on avenging the death of her twin brother, and at least four different love triangles. Above all, Mysteries of Lisbon is about the mechanics of storytelling and imagination.[2]
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "Mysteries of Lisbon Movie Review". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy (15 September 2011). "Raul Ruiz's Fiction Romance". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 25 February 2017.