Night Train to Lisbon

15 yrs 107 minutes • 2012 • 6.8

Drama from 2013 directed by Bille August and based on the novel Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier. Jeremy Irons plays the reserved university professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) who, after a chance meeting with a portuguese woman, leaves his buttoned-down life and takes the night train to Lisbon. On the trip he has a book about man, art and life. In Lisbon, Gregorius tries to find the author of the book, Amadeu do Prado. First, he meets Amadeus's sister who does not want to talk to him. Eventually he finds out that Amadeu is dead. He comes in contact with João Eça who, together with Amadeu, was part of the Portuguese resistance movement against Salazar. Other roles include Melanie Laurent, Tom Courtenay (Quartet, Little Dorrit TV Series), Bruno Ganz (The Baader Meinhof Complex) and Lena Olin.