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Love Torn in a Dream is a 2000 film directed by Raúl Ruiz. The film's nonlinear narrative spans nine interweaving stories, most of which take place in the 17th or 18th centuries and feature fantastical characters such as pirates, nuns, young priests, a cannibal, a sultana, the Devil, and many more. To further complicate the already dizzying web of tales, many different characters are played by the same handful of actors across stories. This theme of the same individual portraying numerous identities extends beyond the limits of this one film and can be viewed in the larger context of Ruiz's work: for instance, lead actor Melvil Poupaud has been in several of Ruiz's films since his childhood. In 1983, at the age of ten, he starred in Ruiz's City of Pirates and went on to act in The Insomniac on the Bridge (1985), Treasure Island (1985), Three Lives and Only One Death (1996), Genealogies of a Crime (1997) and Mysteries of Lisbon (2010).
Original Release
08/28/2000
Cast
Name | Character |
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Melvil Poupaud | Le père jeune / Paul / Fils de Mariani / Loup |
Elsa Zylberstein | la Sultane / Lucrezia / Jessica |
Lambert Wilson | un Pirate / Sebatol |
Christian Vadim | un Pirate / David |
Diogo Doria | le père de Paul / Mariani |
Rogerio Samora | Baniel / Un Pirate |
Marie-France Pisier | L'inconnue |
João Bénard da Costa | Le représentant du gouvernement |
Paula Pais | Arianne |
José Meireles | un pirate / Le voleur |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Melvil Poupaud | Le père jeune / Paul / Fils de Mariani / Loup |
Elsa Zylberstein | la Sultane / Lucrezia / Jessica |
Lambert Wilson | un Pirate / Sebatol |
Christian Vadim | un Pirate / David |
Diogo Doria | le père de Paul / Mariani |
Rogerio Samora | Baniel / Un Pirate |
Marie-France Pisier | L'inconnue |
João Bénard da Costa | Le représentant du gouvernement |
Paula Pais | Arianne |
José Meireles | un pirate / Le voleur |
André Gomes | notable 2 / L'antiquaire / le collectionneur |
Pedro Hestnes | Marc |
Rui Luís | Maître |
Francisco Ariztia | Socrate |
Rita Durão | Paysanne |
Ricardo Aibéo | Paysan |
Francisco Nascimento | Paysan |
Mafalda Vilhena | Femme de Sabatol |
Cecília Guimarães | Dame |
Duarte Barrilaro Ruas | Inquisiteur |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Laurent Baudens | Executive Producer |
Valentina Merli | Executive Producer |
Paulo Branco | Producer |