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Mysteries of Lisbon (TV Miniseries)

Mistérios de Lisboa

2010

Raoul Ruiz

Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme ...

7.4

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TV Series. Drama. Mystery TV Miniseries (2010). 6 Episodes. An adaptation of the eponymous 19th century Portuguese novel by Camilo Castelo Branco. It centers on Joao, the bastard child of an ill-fated romance between two members of the aristocracy who are forbidden to marry, and his quest to discover the truth of his parentage. But this is just the start of a tale that follows a multitude of characters whose fates conjoin, separate and then rejoin again over ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[Film review]: Intensely and captivatingly strange (...) The cinema of Ruiz offers enormous and unique pleasure (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"[Film review]: A masterly tale about lives and stories and the art of their telling (...) Mr. Ruiz keeps you hooked"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[Film review]: It is hypnotically beautiful, playful, coiling between past and present (...) All of the characters are memorable (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Jonathan Romney The Independent	"[Film review]: A majestically eerie ending makes you look back and wonder what the film was really about (...) 'Mysteries of Lisbon' is a subtle delirium, and a magnificent late magnum opus"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"[Film review]: It’s more a poignantly apt swansong than a perfect one. The storytelling is soap-operatic, and somehow intentionally wispy (...) One of the loveliest films ever shot digitally (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Oliver Keens Time Out	"It can’t be denied that a few stylistic niggles might make you switch over within minutes (...) But persevere. There is much to absorb and enjoy in this slowly unfurling tale"
		Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Chicago Reader	"[Film review]: 'Mysteries of Lisbon' has a strong sense of momentum (...) Energetic and fun (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		David Parkinson Empire	"[Film review]: Storytelling of breathtaking scale and grandeur, even if the complex plotting may twist your synapses along the way (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Noel Murray AV Club	"[Film review]: For all its visual invention and full-blooded melodrama, 'Mysteries Of Lisbon' never tilts to full-on crazy."
		Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times	"[Film review]: [A] darkly elegant melodrama (...) Ruiz is nothing if not a master of tone and pacing"

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