The Conversation Is Over
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).
Overview
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.
Cast
Fernando Cabral Martins
Fernando Pessoa
André Gomes
Mário de Sá-Carneiro
Juliet Berto
Helena
Jorge Silva Melo
Narrator / Fausto
Manoel de Oliveira
Padre
Isabel Ruth
Americana Louca
João Perry
Ricardo
Francisco Pinhão Botelho
Baby (uncredited)
Leonor Pinhão
Confissão de Lúcio: Marta
Isabel de Castro
Marinheiro: 2.º Veladora
Zita Duarte
Marinheiro: 1.º Veladora
António Barahona
Leitores: Pessoa ortónimo (voice)
