Correspondences 2016

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Jorge de Sena was forced to leave his country. First he moved to Brazil, and later to the USA. He never returned to Portugal. During his 20-year-long exile, he kept an epistolary correspondence with Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. These letters are a testimony of the profound friendship between the two poets, letters of longing and of desire to “fill years of distance with hours of conversation”. Through excerpts and verses, a dialog is established, revealing their divergent opinions but mostly their strong bond, and their efforts to preserve it until their last breaths.

Release Date 2016-08-04
Runtime 2h 25m
Directors Rita Azevedo Gomes, Acácio de Almeida, Jorge Quintela, Susanne Malorny
Producers Isabel Machado, Joana Ferreira
Writers Rita Azevedo Gomes, Jorge de Sena, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen