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Title Mistérios de Lisboa = Mysteries of Lisbon / Music Box Films and Paulo Branco present ; produced by Paulo Branco ; written by Carlos Saboga ; directed by Raúl Ruiz.

Publication Info. Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, 2011.
2010.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD FOREIGN MYSTERIES  DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual  DVD MYSTERIES DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  POR DVD MYSTERIES DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD FOREIGN MYSTERIES  DISC 1    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD FOREIGN MYSTERIES  DISC 2-3    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  FOREIGN FILM DVD MYST  DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
Description 3 videodiscs (266 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1; 5.1 Dolby Digital; 2.0 Dolby Digital; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.
Cast Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira.
Credits Cinematography, André Szankowski; editors, Valéria Sarmiento, Carlos Madaleno; music, Jorgé Arriagada, Luis Freitas Branco.
Note Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2010.
Based on Os Mistérios de Lisboa by Camilo Castelo Branco.
Bonus features: 35 minute interview with Raul Ruiz; Interview with screenwriter Carlos Saboga; Roundtable critical discussion about the film for French television; Segment on the novelist and the film; Radio interview with Raul Ruiz on France Culture; Theatrical trailer.
Summary 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.
Audience Not rated.
Language Portuguese and French dialogue with optional subtitles in English.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Local Note WNPLFFDVD
Subject Castelo Branco, Camilo, 1825-1890 -- Film adaptations.
Illegitimate children -- Drama.
Portugal -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.
Inheritance and succession -- Portugal -- Drama.
Arranged marriage -- Portugal -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.
Foreign language films.
Motion pictures, Portuguese.
Motion pictures, French.
Added Author Ruiz, Raúl, 1941-2011. Director.
Branco, Paulo. Producer.
Saboga, Carlos. Adapter. Screenwriter.
Luz, Adriano, 1959- Actor.
Bastos, Maria João, 1975- Actor.
Pereira, Ricardo, 1979- Actor.
Castelo Branco, Camilo, 1825-1890 Mistérios de Lisboa. Author.
Arriagada, Jorge, 1943- Composer.
Branco, Luís de Freitas, 1890-1955. Composer.
Music Box Films. Producer. Distributor.
ARTE France. Producer.
Added Title Mysteries of Lisbon
Standard No. 736211214256
Music No. MBFHE 027 Music Box Films
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