Requiem

Fiction, 100 min.
Coproduction




Title G:	Lissabonner Requiem

by Alain Tanner

Switzerland / France / Portugal / Germany, April 2003

Paul, the narrator, has a rendezvous at noon on a sweltering Sunday. The person he has invited is none other than the great Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa… who is no longer among the living. It leads to a whole series of encounters between living Lisboans… and phantoms of the past, as the barriers of conventional time fall away to allow the people of today and yesterday to meet and communicate.

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Directed by: Alain Tanner
Written by: Alain Tanner, Bernard Comment, Antonio Tabucchi (based on the novel by Antonio Tabucchi)

World Premiere: April 2003
Original Version: French/Portuguese (french/english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 100 min.

Production: CAB Productions SA, Gemini Films, Madragoa Filmes, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, Filmograph SA, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer: Gérard Ruey, Jean-Louis Porchet, Alain Tanner
Executive Producer: CAB Productions SA

Cinematography: Hugues Ryffel
Editing: Monika Goux
Sound: Roberto Ceschi
Music: Michel Wintsch
Art Direction: João Torres

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Francis Frappat
André Marcon
Alexandre Zloto
Cécile Tanner
Raul Solnado

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World Sales: Gemini Films

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Distribution Switzerland: Frenetic Films
Distribution Belgium: Nord Films sprl
Distribution Canada: Film Tonic International Inc.
Distribution France: Gemini Films
Distribution Portugal: Atalanta Filmes
Distribution Spain: Alta Classics
TV-Rights Brazil: Tabu Arte e Cultura
TV-Rights Community of Independent States: Central Partnership