Country: Portugal

Director: Miguel Gonçalves Mendes

Duration: 129 min.

A documentary film by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, it follows José Saramago, the Portuguese novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature, and his wife, Pilar del Rio. 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. It is a funny and touching portrait on the endurance of the artistic spirit. As Saramago says: “There is always another way to say everything.”

The documentary is in Portuguese with subtitles in English.

The entrance is free.