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Night Train to Lisbon is a suisse film of genre Drama directed by Bille August released in USA on 6 december 2013 with Jeremy Irons
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
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Add to a movie listNight Train to Lisbon is a 2013 drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons. Based on the novel Night Train to Lisbon (2004) by Pascal Mercier and written by Greg Latter and Ulrich Herrmann, the film is about a Swiss teacher who saves the life of a woman and then abandons his teaching career and reserved life to embark on a thrilling intellectual adventure that takes him on a journey to the very heart of himself. The film premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Walking over a bridge in Bern, Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss professor of ancient languages, notices a young woman in a red coat standing on the railing, about to leap. Dropping his briefcase, he runs and pulls her down. She helps him gather the papers that have spilled from his briefcase and accompanies him to the school where he teaches. But instead of waiting to talk, she leaves during the middle of his class, without her coat.Actors
Jeremy Irons
(Raimund)
Christopher Lee
(Father Bartholomeu)
Bruno Ganz
(Older Jorge O'Kelly)
Mélanie Laurent
(Young Estefania)
Martina Gedeck
(Mariana)
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