O Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira e Eu

Oct 13 2016 N/A 1h 20m
Biography, Documentary, Drama

“An old photograph taken 36 years ago. His hand rests on my shoulder. A blessing, a gift. Then a history of over four decades of friendship, admiration and apprenticeship. A journey into Oliveira’s cinema, his method, his way of filming and his extraordinary cinematic inventions. He lived for over a century, over a century of cinema, cinema in its entirety. For him, and for me too now, documentary and fiction films go hand in hand; it is all about cinema. So I had the audacity to film a magnificent story that Manoel loved but never filmed, one that he left behind as if his hand and eyes were close to God, or among the gods, and he was steering me.” - João Botelho

Plot

An old photograph taken 36 years ago. His hand rests on my shoulder. A blessing, a gift.Then a history of over four decades of friendship, admiration and apprenticeship. A journey into Oliveira's cinema, his method, his way of filming and his extraordinary cinematographic inventions.

Written by

João Botelho

Directed by

João Botelho

Cast

João Botelho, Mariana Dias, António Durães

Crew

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Production Countries

Portugal

Production Companies

Ar de Filmes

Languages

Português

Awards

2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
106
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA