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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

Film
DirectorBille August
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Figures

Characters
  • The character of Mariana, the ophthalmologist
Objects & symbols
  • The recurring visual motif of Lisbon's yellow trams
Form & technique
  • The opening scene on the Kornhausbrücke bridge
  • The use of voice-over from Amadeu's book, read by Gregorius
Tropes
  • Raimund Gregorius's journey as a literalization of reading
  • The love triangle between Amadeu, Jorge, and Estefânia in the flashbacks
  • Raimund Gregorius's persona as an intellectual outsider in Lisbon