Dead Man's Seat

– A newspaper reporter comes across a man and woman arguing on the beach, and after obligingly driving..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours
Release Year:
1984
Original Name:
O Lugar do Morto
Dead Man's Seat (1984) - Also known as O Lugar do Morto

A newspaper reporter comes across a man and woman arguing on the beach, and after obligingly driving the woman around when she seeks him out, he takes her back to discover that the man has been murdered. The woman takes off, but the reporter, after many twists and turns, runs into her on a train. They start a relationship, but he had better pay closer attention to how he got to know her in the first place.

Producing Country:
Release Date:

25 Oct 1984

Language:

Portuguese

Director:

António-Pedro Vasconcelos

Writer:

Carlos Saboga, António-Pedro Vasconcelos

Main Actors:

Ana Zanatti, Pedro Oliveira, Teresa Madruga, Luís Lima Barreto

Plot:

Alvaro, a divorced journalist with a complicated love life, watches someone he doesn't know killing himself after a fight with a woman who he gave a lift. Intrigued by that mysterious sensual woman, he decides not to tell the police about the lift he gave her and investigates her by himself. He gets involved with her, but she remains too mysterious about her personal life. He ends up tangled in a web of murder, mystery and sex because of that woman, who he barely gets to know.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10