The Night Fernando Pessoa Met Constantine Cavafy

On 21 October 1929, the ocean liner Saturnia sails from Trieste on its voyage to America, picking up immigrants from the ports of the Mediterranean. A young Greek who boards the ship at Patras will witness an unexpected encounter: one night, aboard this ship that carries the dreams of the NewWorld, an equally dreamlike but very real encounter will take place between two of the greatest poets of the century that just ended: Fernando Pessoa and Constantine Cavafy.

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Script: Stelios Charalambopoulos,
Cinematography: Dimitris Kordelas
Editing: Spyros Kokkas
Sound: Fanis Karayorgos, Dimitris Voutsas, Carlos Alberto Lopes, Mootaz Sempl
Music: Nikos Kypourgos
Actors: Makis Arvanitakis (Constantine Cavafy), Dimitris Economidis (Fernando Pessoa), Othon Metaxas (Vassilis Kapopoulos), Emilios Tsouvalis (Vassilis Kapopoulos) Narration: Minas Hadzisavvas, Luis Lima Barr
Production: Periplus
Producers: Thanos Lambropoulos
Co-production: ERT SA Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., Graal, Arctos, Contracosta Producoes, CyBC. With the support of the GFC
Costumes: Erofili Politopoulou
Sets: Erofili Politopoulou
Make Up: Katerina Varthalitou
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Greece-Portugal-Cyprus
Production Year: 2007
Duration: 90
Distribution in Greece: Periplus, GreeceThanos LambropoulosT. +30 210 8670 478 F. +30 210 8677 828periplus@ath.forthnet.gr
Contact: Περίπλους/Periplus, GreeceGreek Film Centre, GreeceT. +30 210 3678500 F. +30 210 3648245info@gfc.grwww.gfc.gr

Stelios Charalambopoulos

He was born in Athens in 1956. He studied Economics and Film in Athens followed by post-graduate studies in Paris. He was the publisher of the art magazine Graphi. Co-founder with producer Thanos Lambropoulos and director of photography Yannis Varvarigos of Periplus, a film and TV production company. He has directed creative documentaries and fiction films.

Filmography

(Selected)
1996 Hades
1999-2000 Mediterranean Stories
2000-2001 Log Books - George Seferis
2005 Yannis Moralis
2006 Michalis Ganas
2007 The Night Fernando Pessoa Met Constantine Cavafy