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

Cast

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

Elsa Wallencamp

Freira