José & Pilar
Film2010117 min7.3/10 on TMDB
Directed by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes
The universe won't remember us. It won't remember Homer wrote The Odyssey.
The story
A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, and his wife, Pilar del Río. The film shows their whirlwind life of international travel, his passion for completing his masterpiece "The Elephant's Journey", and how their love quietly sustains them throughout.
Watch trailerCast & crew
José Saramago
Pilar del Río
Gael García Bernal
Gabriel García Márquez
Paco IbáñezExplore the crew
- Director
- Miguel Gonçalves Mendes
- Editor
- Cláudia Rita Oliveira
- Producer
- Bel Berlinck
- Producer
- Agustín Almodóvar
- Producer
- Miguel Gonçalves Mendes
- Producer
- Esther García
- Producer
- Fernando Meirelles
- Director of Photography
- Daniel Neves