Night Train To Lisbon

2014 • 111 minutes

About this movie

Academy-award winning director Bille August brings Pierre Mercier's bestselling novel NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON to the screen, featuring an outstanding cast including Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Tom Courtenay, Lena Olin, with Christopher Lee and Charlotte Rampling. High school Latin teacher Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) finds his life transformed when he saves a young Portuguese woman from jumping to her death. After the woman disappears, she leaves behind her coat, and with it, an enigmatic book containing a train ticket. Gregorius spontaneously decides to take an adventurous journey to Lisbon, where he will uncover a mystery, encounter love, and rediscover life itself. © Pinnacle Films 2012 (Original Title: Night Train To Lisbon)

Ratings and reviews

A good story well filmed in atmospheric locations. Poetic language and raises political and philosophical issues worth taking time to think about.