Requiem
1998 · 104 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 218 VOTES · DIR. Alain Tanner
Overview
What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has meetings with the ghosts of his dead friend, his dead lover, his dead father and Pessoa, the great portuguese writer. These four encounters give him clues about what he is looking for. Beside that, he finds himself in front of art, discovering how it modifies our comprehension of life. It's based in one of Tabucci's (the italian writer)books: "Requiem". This few lines cannot resume the greatness of this movie. The last thing I can say is: If you like art, I recommend you to see it. If you ever wonder about the nature of dreams, or you live in dreams half of the time, I think you'll feel like this movie was made for you.
Dialogue Timeline — 712 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:27 This story happens in Lisbon on the last Sunday of July
00:07:36 To be high at home, as in the old times
00:11:53 and I had to end by selling lottery tickets.
00:14:20 It was a pretty busy street more than ten years ago
00:16:35 I used to be an engineer. But there was no place for an engineer up there, so...
00:21:30 but the house you're looking for only exists in your dreams
00:25:16 Funny name...
00:29:57 Did you have breakfast?
00:31:56 Everything was different, everything had light.
00:35:01 It's typical from my homeland, my mother taught me.
00:38:11 You betrayed me, Pierre.
00:39:55 Nothing easier.
00:44:24 Excuse me, but the doorman is a little rude sometimes
00:47:08 you've got to stop appearing like that.
00:50:13 Then your sickness comes back and this time there's nothing to do. You die.
00:52:48 Won't you come with me?
00:55:19 - Do you know the poem they dedicated to her? - No
00:58:50 - Didn't you know it? - No, I didn't.
01:01:33 - What do you smoke? - "Multifilter"
01:06:18 Did you have good weather in Lisbon?
01:13:45 French... This house was reserved to the members
01:16:35 If you win, I give it to you, if you lose, you pay for it.
01:27:34 Tonight I can offer as starters...
01:30:34 Did you dream much about it?