Night Train To Lisbon - Trailer

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When a Latin professor, Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons), sees a young Portuguese woman in a red coat about to throw herself from a bridge, he is compelled to save her. She wrestles her way out of the coat and runs off into the rain, leaving the bemused and mystified professor pondering what it all means. When he discovers a small book in the pocket of her coat, he begins to embark on an odyssey to find her, yet very soon he becomes more interested in the novel's author, Amadeu do Prado (Jack Huston). After discovering tickets for a train to Lisbon stuffed inside the book, Gregorius hastily boards the train himself, throwing caution to the wind, along with his normal, boring life.

Based on the best-selling 2004 German novel of the same name by Pascal Mercier, 'Night Train to Lisbon' has been adapted for the screen by Greg Latter ('Goodbye Bafana') and Ulrich Herrmann ('Sophie School'). The film has been directed by Bille August ('House of the Spirits') and contains a phenomenal cast, including Mélanie Laurent ('Inglorious Bastards'), Martina Gedeck ('Mostly Martha'), Bruno Ganz ('Downfall'), Lena Olin ('The Unbearable Lightness of Being') and Sir Christopher Lee ('The Hobbit'). The film was released in Germany in February, 2013.