José Saramago
Birthday: 1922-11-16
Place of Birth: Azinhaga, Santarém, Portugal
Biography: José de Sousa Saramago was a Portugese author and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor.
Movies
Janela da Alma
Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total bli...
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José & Pilar
A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Sar...
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The Biggest Flower in the World
Reflections on childhood, individualism and existentialism in the form of visual poetry....
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A Meeting with Milton Santos
The film deals with the process of globalization based on the thought of geographer Milton Santos, w...
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Santa María de Iquique, cien años después
A young writer moves to a new town on 21 December 2007. Among the moving boxes is a disc containing ...
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Língua - Vidas em Português
Documentary about the Portuguese language, and people who speak it around the world....
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Saramago: Documentos
About the Portuguese author José Saramago, based on a long interview with the writer at his home on ...
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El Quijote desde la platea
How Don Quixote de la Mancha, the immortal character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, has bee...
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José Saramago: Memorial do Convento
Documentary about the life and work of the writer José Saramago, with particular emphasis on the his...
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José Saramago: Raised from the Ground
José Saramago, the Portuguese writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the greatest ...
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Words of Truth
The documentary looks in the life and work of Mario Benedetti, especially in his poetic work, the ke...
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José Saramago. O Tempo de uma Memória
A portrait of José Saramago built from the Nobel prize winner's reflections on memory, literary crea...
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Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about hi...
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