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29th Mostra pays hommage to Manoel de Oliveira with a retrospective and a book
Tribute is paid to Portuguese film maker Manoel de Oliveira with a complete retrospective of his films at the 29th Mostra and with the release of a book on his films published in partnership between Mostra and Cosac Naify publishers. Entitled Manoel de Oliveira, the book will be released this Sunday (23th), at 6:30 p.m., at Clube da Mostra (Conjunto Nacional – Corredor Cine Bombril, Av. Paulista, 2073). There will be a debate between Manoel de Oliveira, Leon Cakoff and the public and also an autograph session.
This book was compiled by Álvaro Machado and includes an interview given by Oliveira to Leon Cakoff in 2004/2005, essays by film critic Inácio Araújo, by researcher Leyla Perrone-Moisés, by the director of Cinemateca Portuguesa João Bénard da Costa, four articles, and a poem by Manoel de Oliveira himself and his complete filmography with reviews (gathered by journalist Orlando Margarido), in addition to 50 photographs in color and in black and white.
Master film maker Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira is the longest -living director still in activity in the world today. He was born in Porto on December 11, 1908. This is the second time the Mostra pays him hommage with a retrospective – the first time was in 1991, during the 15th Mostra. His retrospective at the 29th Mostra includes 35 films, short and feature. The programming includes, among others, his first film: Working on the Douro River (1931); Aniki-Bóbó (1942, which was considered as a forerunner of Neo-Realism); the seldom seen Hulha Branca (1932), Portugal Já Faz Automóveis (1938), Famalicão (1940), The Artist and the City (1956), O Pão (1964), As Pinturas de Meu Irmão Júlio (1965), The Satin Slipper (1985); and all time classic from the director’s career, such as Francisca (1981), The Cannibals (1988), Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997), Word and Utopia (2000), A Talking Picture (2003) and his most recent film, Magic Mirror, which was part of the competition in Venice Festival in 2005.
The programming includes also the short Do Visível ao Invisível, a segment from the feature in progress, “The Invisible”, in a partnership between director Manoel de Oliveira and Mostra, as from an original idea from Serginho Groisman.
Manoel de Oliveira retrospective
A TALKING PICTURE
ABRAHAM’S VALLEY
ANIKI-BÓBÓ
ANXIETY
BENILDE OR THE VIRGIN MOTHER
BLIND MAN’S BLUFF
CAÇA, A
DO VISÍVEL AO INVISÍVEL
FAMALICÃO
FRANCISCA
HULHA BRANCA
I’M GOING HOME
ILL-FATED LOVE
JOUNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD
LE SOULIER DE SATIN
MAGIC MIRROR
MY CASE
NO OR THE VAIN GLORY OF COMMAND
PÃO, O
PARTY
PASSION OF CHRIST/RITE OF SPRING
PAST AND PRESENT
PINTURAS DO MEU IRMÃO JÚLIO, AS
PORTO DA MINHA INFÂNCIA
PORTUGAL JÁ FAZ AUTOMÓVEIS
QUINTO IMPÉRIO – ONTEM COMO HOJE, O
THE ARTIST AND THE CITY
THE CANNIBALS
THE CONVENT
THE DAY OF DESPAIR
THE DIVINE COMEDY
THE LETTER
THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
WORKING ON THE DOURO RIVER
WORLD AND UTOPIA
