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This movie is about aging Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) of classical languages who, after a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman, quits his job and travels to Lisbon in the hope of discovering the fate of a certain author, a doctor and poet who fought against Portuguese Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.
In Bern, Switzerland, Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) saves a young woman from committing suicide jumping off a bridge and brings her to the school where he works. During his class, she leaves the building and Raimund unsuccessfully runs after her to give her coat back. He finds a book, "Um Ourives das Palavras" (A Goldsmith of Words) written by the Portuguese Amadeu de Almeida Prado (Jack Huston) in the pocket and he goes to the bookstore stamped on the first page and discovers that the book was sold on the previous day to the woman. He finds a train ticket to Lisbon that will departure in fifteen minutes inside the book and he goes to the Central Station expecting to find the woman. He embarks in the train to Lisbon and reads the book, becoming fascinated with the story. When he arrives in Lisbon, Raimund decides to stay in the city to meet Amadeu. He finds his house, where his sister Adriana (Charlotte Rampling) lives, and soon he discovers that Amadeu is dead. Raimund decides to research the life of Amadeu, who was a doctor and writer that belonged to the resistance against the Dictator Salazar, and his discoveries affect his own boring life.
Jeremy Irons
Raimund Gregorius
Mélanie Laurent
Young Estefânia
Jack Huston
Amadeu
Martina Gedeck
Mariana
Tom Courtenay
Older João Eça
August Diehl
Young Jorge O'Kelly
Bruno Ganz
Older Jorge O'Kelly
Lena Olin
Older Estefânia
Marco D'Almeida
Young João
Beatriz Batarda
Young Adriana
Christopher Lee
Father Bartolomeu
Charlotte Rampling
Older Adriana
Nicolau Breyner
Da Silva
Jane Thorne
Older Clotilde
Burghart Klaußner
Judge Prado
Adriano Luz
Mendez
Sarah Spale
Catarina Mendez
Filipe Vargas
Young Father Bartolomeu
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