José & Pilar

Name: José & Pilar
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-10-18
Duration: 117 min
Cast: Pilar del Río, Gael García Bernal, Paco Ibáñez, Gabriel García Márquez, José Saramago

The universe won't remember us. It won't remember Homer wrote The Odyssey.

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Release Date

10/18/2010

Runtime

117 mins

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Documentary

Overview

A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, and his wife, Pilar del Río. The film shows their whirlwind life of international travel, his passion for completing his masterpiece "The Elephant's Journey", and how their love quietly sustains them throughout.

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Original Language

Portuguese

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A quiet, observational portrait of a literary giant in his final years, finding meaning through work and devotion to his wife. This is a film about the small intimacies that sustain us when time grows short.