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The Fatalist (2005)

The Fatalist (2005)

Drama
Release Date: 2005, June 26
Directors: João Botelho
Countries: France, Portugal
Production: Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Madragoa Filmes, Gemini Films
Cast: Jose Pinto, Rita Blanco, Rui Morisson, Rogério Samora, André Gomes, Suzana Borges, Patrícia Guerreiro, José Wallenstein, Teresa Madruga, Margarida Vila-Nova, Maria Emília Correia, Adriano Luz

Overview:

The complex relationship between master and servant is explored in director João Botelho's adaptation of Denis Diderot's popular novel Jacques le Fataliste et Son Maître. As Tiago (Rogério Samora) drives his master (André Gomes) through the Portuguese countryside to an unspecified destination, the traveling pair embark on a series of highly philosophical discussions. Flowing with tales of his life in the military and previous sexual escapades, Tiago trades a series of tales with his rapt passenger, including the story of a vengeful spurned lover who plots revenge on the nobleman who rejected her by transforming a prostitute into a society lady and convincing him to marry the tainted bride.