This is Marcello Mastroianni’s final film before he passed away. In the movie, he portrays an alter ego of filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira. The story follows a Portuguese director who hires a French actor for a Franco-Portuguese co- production. Although the actor was born in France, his father was a Portuguese man who passed away many years ago. While filming, the actor decides to visit his father’s village, hoping to meet an old aunt. The director joins him on the trip, revisiting memories of his childhood in the region.
Winner of the critics’ prize and of a special mention from the ecumenical jury at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
Título original: Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Ano: 1997
Classificação: 12
Duração: 95 min.
Gênero: Fiction
País: Portugal, France
Tags: Portugal, France, cinema, aging, international film festivals, awarded films
Cor: cor
Direção: Manoel de Oliveira
Roteiro: Manoel de Oliveira
Fotografia: Renato Berta
Montagem: Valérie Loiseleux
Elenco: Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Yves Gautier, Leonor Silveira
Produtor: Paulo Branco
Produção: Gemini Films, Madragoa Filmes
Música: Emmanuel Nunes
World Sales: Leopardo Filmes
E-mail: [email protected]
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