Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me (2016)
“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
Director:
João Botelho
Writer:
João Botelho
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João Botelho as Narrator (voice) |
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Mariana Dias as Rapariga das Luvas Brancas |
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António Durães as Pai |
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Ângela Marques as Mãe |
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Maria João Pinho as Irmã |
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Leonor Silveira as Dona do Bordel |
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Marcello Urgeghe as Cliente |
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Miguel Nunes as Jovem Bonito |
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Miguel Lopes Rodrigues as |
| Directing | João Botelho | Director |
| Camera | João Ribeiro | Director of Photography |
| Writing | João Botelho | Screenplay |
| Production | Alexandre Oliveira | Producer |
| Sound | Nicholas McNair | Music |
| Sound | Paulo Abelho | Sound Designer |
| Sound | João Botelho | Sound Designer |
| Sound | João Eleutério | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Pedro Augusto Almeida | Production Assistant |