Annette Focks: Night Train to Lisbon - Opening Theme

Night Train to Lisbon is a 2013 internationally co-produced English-language drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons. Based on the 2004 novel Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier and written by Greg Latter and Ulrich Herrmann, the film is about a Swiss teacher who saves the life of a woman and then abandons his teaching career and reserved life to embark on a thrilling intellectual adventure that takes him on a journey to the very heart of himself. The film premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. Cast: Jeremy Irons as Raimund Gregorius Mélanie Laurent as young Estefânia Jack Huston as Amadeu do Prado Martina Gedeck as Mariana Nicolau Breyner as Silva Bruno Ganz as older Jorge O’Kelly Christopher Lee as older Father Bartolomeu Lena Olin as older Estefânia Charlotte Rampling as older Adriana do Prado Tom Courtenay as older João Eça Marco d’Almeida as young João E