A Brazilian friend of the site, Cinema em Cena's Pablo Villaca, sent this link, along with a translation into English. The moment is at a screening of Blindness, which is based on José Saramago's novel. And it would be a sweet moment for any filmmaker converting the novel of a writer they admired.
The transcription...
Saramago says:
- Fernando...
Meirelles, sensing that maybe the writer is feeling obligated to say something, interrupts him:
- You don't need to...
But Saramago doesn't stop:
- I'm as happy after watching this film...
He pauses... And then he completes the sentence:
- ... as I was when I finished writing the book.
Fernando: "Really? You don't know how happy this makes me."
And then he leans forward and kisses Saramago's forehead.
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