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José and Pilar (Portuguese: José e Pilar) is a Portuguese documentary directed by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes following the last years of the Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, chiefly through his relationship with his resolute wife, Pilar del Río. Highly praised by the critics and the audience, the film seems to have accomplished to show the tenderness, the genuine integrity and the deeply concerned humanity behind such controversial figure and his spouse. It gathers sequences from Madrid to Helsinki to Rio de Janeiro and covers Jose and Pilar's life in Lanzarote, their trips around the world (presenting José's books, signing autographs, making speeches) and their most simple, transient and quotidian moments, as for during the period José writes his "The Elephant's Journey". The film was produced by Miguel Mendes' JumpCut (Portugal), Fernando Meirelles's O2 and Pedro Almodóvar's El Deseo.
Original Release
10/15/2010
US Release
11/01/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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João Afonso | Self |
Àngels Barceló | Self |
Pilar del Río | Self / Herself |
Juan Echanove | Self |
Gael García Bernal | Himself / Self |
Gabriel García Márquez | Himself / Self |
Tarja Halonen | Self |
Tomás Eloy Martínez | Self |
César Antonio Molina | Self |
Maria Pages | Self |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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João Afonso | Self |
Àngels Barceló | Self |
Pilar del Río | Self / Herself |
Juan Echanove | Self |
Gael García Bernal | Himself / Self |
Gabriel García Márquez | Himself / Self |
Tarja Halonen | Self |
Tomás Eloy Martínez | Self |
César Antonio Molina | Self |
Maria Pages | Self |
Luis Pastor | Self |
Miguel Ríos | Self |
José Saramago | Himself / Self |
José Socrates | Self |
Pasión Vega | Self |
Fernando Meirelles | Self |
Paco Ibáñez | Himself / Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ana Jordão | Executive Producer |
Daniela Siragusa | Executive Producer |
Fernando Meirelles | Producer |
Miguel Goncalves Mendes | Producer |
Agustín Almodóvar | Producer |
Bel Berlinck | Producer |
Esther García | Producer |
Joan Vives Lozano | Producer |
Abel Ribeiro Chaves | Producer |