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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.
- Mercier Pascal
- 2004
Dec 6, 2013 · Night Train to Lisbon: Directed by Bille August. With Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck. Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.
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- Mystery, Romance, Thriller
- Bille August
- 2013-12-06
Night Train to Lisbon R 2013 1h 51m Mystery & Thriller Romance List 43% Tomatometer 30 Reviews 61% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Swiss professor Raimund Gregorius abandons his life to embark...
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- Bille August
- R
- Jeremy Irons
Night Train to Lisbon is a philosophical novel by Swiss writer Pascal Mercier. It recounts the travels of Swiss Classics instructor Raimund Gregorius as he explores the life of Amadeu de Prado, a Portuguese doctor, during António de Oliveira Salazar 's right-wing dictatorship in Portugal.
- Mercier Pascal
- 2004
Synopsis. Bern, Switzerland. While walking over a bridge on his way to a local university, Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons), a Swiss professor of ancient languages, notices a young woman in a red coat standing on the railing, about to jump. Dropping his briefcase, he runs and pulls her down.
Jeremy Irons plays Raimund Gregorius, a repressed academic in Bern who saves a young woman from jumping off a bridge. He discovers in her possessions a poetic memoir by a little-known Portuguese...
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure.