
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names of the Modernist Movement, Fernando Pessoa (in Lisbon) and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (in Paris). Their endless conversation was dramatically and suddenly terminated.
Genres:

Fernando Cabral Martins as Fernando Pessoa

André Gomes as Mário de Sá-Carneiro

Juliet Berto as Helena

Jorge Silva Melo as Narrator / Fausto

Manoel de Oliveira as Padre

Isabel Ruth as Americana Louca

João Perry as Ricardo

Francisco Pinhão Botelho as Baby (uncredited)

Leonor Pinhão as Confissão de Lúcio: Marta

Isabel de Castro as Marinheiro: 2.º Veladora

Zita Duarte as Marinheiro: 1.º Veladora

António Barahona as Leitores: Pessoa ortónimo (voice)

Joaquim Furtado as Leitores: Álvaro de Campos (voice)

Elsa Wallencamp as Freira

Osório Mateus as Leitura de Poemas de Sá-Carneiro

Nuno Vieira de Almeida as Pianisa
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