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Fernando Pessoa

2007 · 50 min

A quiet, thoughtful portrait that moves at a literary pace, inviting you to sit with a solitary life and its vast inner output.

Directed by: Ricardo Rezende
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Clara Ferreira Alves, Luís Lucas

Overview: The documentary about the life of Fernando Pessoa, defended by journalist Clara Ferreira Alves, underlines how, in just 30 years, Fernando Pessoa built an immense body of work, of astonishing quality and all of this while being nothing more than an anonymous office worker all his life.

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Directed by: Ricardo Rezende
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Clara Ferreira Alves, Luís Lucas

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
art
work
loneliness
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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