''The Fatalist'' ( pt, O Fatalista, french: Le fataliste) is a 2005 Portuguese-French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
written and directed by
João Botelho. It is based on
Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a promine ...
's novel ''
Jacques the Fatalist
''Jacques the Fatalist and his Master'' (french: Jacques le fataliste et son maître) is a novel by Denis Diderot, written during the period 1765–1780. The first French edition was published posthumously in 1796, but it was known earlier in Germ ...
''. It was entered into the main competition at the
62nd edition of the
Venice Film Festival
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.
Plot
Cast
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Rogério Samora as Tiago
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Rita Blanco as Senhora D.
* Suzana Borges as Estalajadeira
* Patrícia Guerreiro as Bárbara
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José Wallenstein as Marquis
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Teresa Madruga as Bárbara's mother
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Margarida Vila-Nova
Margarida Vila-Nova (born 6 June 1983) is a Portuguese actress.
She had her first appearances in television in the programs of Filipe La Féria for RTP (1990 - Grande Noite, 1994 - Cabaret).
She received formation in the theater with Michael ...
as the daughter
* Maria Emilia Correia as the landlady
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Adriano Luz
Adriano Manuel Vieira da Luz (born 9 April 1959) is a Portuguese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1987.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
People ...
as the husband
* João Baptista as Tiago (aged 20)
* Helena Laureano as Miss Suzete
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Ana Bustorff
Ana Bustorff (born 15 November 1959 in Miragaia, Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire ...
as Miss Margarida
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Laura Soveral
Laura Soveral (23 March 1933 in Benguela, Angola – 12 July 2018) was a Portuguese actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional me ...
as Tiago's grandmother
References
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2005 drama films
2005 films
Brazilian drama films
Denis Diderot
French drama films
Films directed by João Botelho
Films produced by Paulo Branco
Films based on French novels
2000s Portuguese-language films
2000s French films
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