Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

Directed by

Bille August

Genre

drama film, mystery film

Country

Germany, Portugal, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 438 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Swiss teacher rescues a woman who is about to jump from a bridge. He then leaves his ordinary life and regular job to travel to Lisbon and uncover her mysterious past.

contemplativemelancholicslow-burnintrospectivemoodycerebralquietly dramatic

What happens

Night Train to Lisbon is a 2013 internationally co-produced English-language drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons. Based on the 2004 novel Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier and written by Greg Latter and Ulrich Herrmann, the film is about a Swiss teacher who saves the life of a woman and then abandons his teaching career and reserved life. The film premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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