José & Pilar
MovieTitle | José e Pilar |
User score | 7.4 |
Release date | Oct 18, 2010 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Miguel Gonçalves Mendes |
Production country | Brazil, Portugal, Spain |
Production companies | O2 Filmes, JumpCut, El Deseo |
Run time | 117 min. |
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.