Movies: Manoel de Oliveira

2009
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009)
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
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On a train to Algarve, a young man recounts to a fellow passenger his past relationship with an eccentric young woman....
1999
The Letter (1999)
The Letter
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A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She k...
2010
The Panels of São Vicente de Fora: A Poetic Vision (2010)
The Panels of São Vicente de Fora: A Poetic Vision
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The characters from a historical piece of art come to life to discuss poignant themes such as war and world peace....
2013
Invisible World (2013)
Invisible World
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An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world....
2002
The Uncertainty Principle (2002)
The Uncertainty Principle
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Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family....
2005
Do visível ao invísivel (2005)
Do visível ao invísivel
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A satirical short film about technology....
2015
A Century of Energy (2015)
A Century of Energy
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Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal....
2010
The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
The Strange Case of Angelica
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A photographer, Isaac is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter Angélica. When he looks at her through the lens of his camera, she appears to come back to life just for him. He instantly falls in love with her. Fr...
1981
Cinématon n°102 : Manoel de Oliveira (1981)
Cinématon n°102 : Manoel de Oliveira
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2001
Porto of My Childhood (2001)
Porto of My Childhood
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Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown....
1937
Os Últimos Temporais - Cheias do Tejo (1937)
Os Últimos Temporais - Cheias do Tejo
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A series of images documenting the floods of the river Tagus. This film has been recovered and made available by the Cinemateca Portuguesa....
1965
As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio (1965)
As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio
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The camera shows the vivid paintings by late Júlio Régio, with a narrative by his brother, while guitar tunes underline the mood and rhythm of the cinematography....
1990
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
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Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his fellow soldiers while they march through an African colony in revolt during 1973....
1986
The Satin Slipper (1986)
The Satin Slipper
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During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and go to America. Meanwhile Prouhèze is sent to Africa to rule the city of Mogador. Ten years later Rodrigo leaves Amer...
1997
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (1997)
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
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In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It's an anecdotal and philosophical memoir, moving from topic to topic, fully conscious of a man "of a certain age" looking back. He tells stories about Fellini and De Sica's direction, of u...
2008
Romance de Vila do Conde (2008)
Romance de Vila do Conde
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Manoel de Oliveira's homage to Vila do Conde, with a poem by José Régio. It was shot in 1965, but only completed in 2008....
2007
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
To Each His Own Cinema
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Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the...
2007
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma (2007)
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
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A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese. Inspired by the book "Cristóvão Colon Era Português"....
2006
No Tempo do Cinema (2006)
No Tempo do Cinema
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A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa....
1983
Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo (1983)
Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo
4.51983HD
Part of a series in which foreign filmmakers portray a region or town in France. Manoel de Oliveira looks at Nice....