![]() ![]() ![]() Stuck in a psychiatric hospital, in a state of delirium, Pedro seems to be mixing up episodes, characters and time periods in his mind. All of the cast members play the same characters in the three different periods, and the conceptual link between them all is the modern-day version of Pedro ( Diogo Amaral). ![]() Using this triptych structure, the film reinvents the two lead characters as architects sharing a studio in contemporary Lisbon, and as cursed lovers living in a dystopian community with very strict rules about marriage and procreation. Instead of simply focusing on medieval times, The Dead Queen, now on general release in Portugal, enriches the tale and rewrites it over three time periods: in the 14 th century, in the present day, and in a post-apocalyptic future. ![]()
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