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Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel de Oliveira

Portuguese film director
December 11, 1908 (April 2, 2015)
Fr. 2012. Drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Michael Lonsdale, Claudia Cardinale, Leonor Silveira. At the beginning of the twentieth century, a poor accountant waits with his wife and daughter-in-law for the return of his son, whose crimes only he knows.
Runtime: 91 min.
Port. 2012. by Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Victor Erice, Aki Kaurismäki. Four stories celebrating the city of Guimaraes in the North of Portugal.

The Strange Case of Angelica

V.O.: O Estranho Caso de Angélica
Port. 2010. Psychological drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Ricardo Trepa, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Leonor Silveira. Called to photograph a young bride who died on her wedding day, a man becomes obsessed with her after seeing her come to life through his lens.
Runtime: 97 min.

Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl

V.O.: Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura
Port. 2009. Tale by Manoel de Oliveira with Ricardo Trepa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Doria. On a train, an accountant tells a passenger about his complicated love affair with a mysterious girl.
Runtime: 63 min.
Fr. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Manoel de Oliveira with Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trepa. A seventy-year-old man seeks to reconnect with a woman he knew some forty years earlier.
Runtime: 68 min.

Le Cinquième Empire

V.O.: O Quinto Império - Ontem Como Hoje
Port. 2004. History by Manoel de Oliveira with Ricardo Trepa, Luis Miguel Cintra, Gloria de Matos. In the 16th century, against the advice of his advisors, King Sebastian of Portugal goes to Africa to fight the Muslims in the name of Christ.
Runtime: 127 min.

Le Principe de l'incertitude

V.O.: O Principio da Incerteza
Port. 2002. Drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Ricardo Trepa. A young heir marries the sweetheart of his servant's son and then takes the son
Runtime: 133 min.
Port. 2001. Documentary by Manoel de Oliveira with Ricardo Trepa, Jorge Trepa, Maria de Medeiros. The Portuguese filmmaker illustrates the passage of time on the city of Porto through stories from his own childhood memories.
Fr. 2001. Dramatic comedy by Manoel de Oliveira with Michel Piccoli, Antoine Chappey, John Malkovich. Faced with a personal tragedy, a prestigious but aging actor clings to his love of the craft.
Runtime: 90 min.

Parole et utopie

V.O.: Palavra e Utopia
Port. 2000. Biography by Manoel de Oliveira with Lima Duarte, Luis Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trepa. The life and work of the Portuguese Jesuit Father Antonio Vieira who, in the 17th century, fought for the rights of Brazilian Indians and black slaves.
Runtime: 130 min.

La Lettre

V.O.: A Carta
Port. 1999. Sentimental drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey. Unhappily married to a doctor who is madly in love with her, a refined young woman falls under the spell of a rock singer.
Runtime: 113 min

Voyage au début du monde

V.O.: Viagem ao Principio do Mundo
Port. 1997. Psychological drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Yves Gautier, Leonor Silveira. Accompanied by an old filmmaker with whom he is shooting a film in Portugal, a French actor visits his father's native region.
Runtime: 91 min.
Port. 1996. Psychological drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Michel Piccoli, Irène Papas, Leonor Silveira.

Le Val Abraham

V.O.: Vale Abraão
Fr. 1993. Mores drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Leonor Silveira, Luis Miguel Cintra, Rui de Carvalho. The young wife of a country doctor relieves her boredom with various lovers.
Runtime: 187 min.

Non, ou la vaine gloire de commander

V.O.: Non, ou a Va Gloria de Mandar
Port. 1990. History by Manoel de Oliveira with Luis Miguel Cintra, Diogo Doria, Miguel Guilherme. In the spring of 1974, a second lieutenant of the Portuguese colonial army recalls the strange epic war that has forged the identity of his people over the centuries.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Luis Miguel Cintra, Patricia Barzyk, Anne Consigny. In 15th century Spain, the forbidden love between a married woman and a conqueror.
Runtime: 427 min.
Port. 1981. Biography by Manoel de Oliveira with Teresa Menezes, Diogo Doria, Mario Barroso. The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace. (Source: IMDB)
Runtime: 166 min.
Port. 1941. Dramatic comedy by Manoel de Oliveira with Antonio Palma, Fernando Matos, Nascimento Fernandes. In Porto, two young boys argue over the friendship of a little girl.
Runtime: 71 min.

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