Manoel de Oliveira, or cinema, the art of enigma

Document source:

Harvard Film Archive

Publication date:

2008 Mar 15

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

3

Source pagination:

12-14

Document name subject:

Manoel de Oliveira

Document contains:

bibliography and production co

Related films:

• Douro, faina fluvial (Hard work on the River Douro) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal — 1931
• Aniki Bóbó — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal — 1942
• O pintor e a cidade (The painter and the city) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal — 1956
• A caça (The hunt) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal — 1963
• O acto da primavera (Rite of spring) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal — 1963
• O passado e o presente (Past and present) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal — 1972
• Benilde ou a virgem mãe (Benilde or the virgin mother) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal — 1975
• Amor de perdicão (Doomed love) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal — 1978
• Francisca — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal — 1981
• Mon cas (My case) — Oliveira, Manoel de — France; Portugal — 1987
• Non, ou a vã glória de mandar (No, or the vain glory of command) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal; France; Spain — 1990
• O dia do desespero (The day of despair) — Oliveira, Manoel de — France; Portugal — 1992
• Vale Abraão (Valley of Abraham) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal; France; Switzerland — 1993
• Viagem ao principio do mundo (Voyage to the beginning of the world) — Oliveira, Manoel de — Portugal; France — 1997
• Je rentre à la maison (I'm going home) — Oliveira, Manoel de — France; Portugal — 2001
• Espelho mágico (Magic mirror) — Oliveira, Manoel de — No country known — 2005
• Cristóvão Colombo - o enigma (Christopher Columbus, the enigma) — Oliveira, Manoel de — No country known — 2007

Film country(ies):

France, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland

Film language(s):

English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish

Film production company:

Centre National de la Cinématographie, Centro Português de Cinema, Cinequipa, Filmargem, France 2 Cinéma, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Gémini Films, Instituto Portugués da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual, Instituto Português de Cinema, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, La Sept Cinéma, Les Films du Passage, Light Night (Firm), Madragoa Filmes, Maison de la Culture du Havre, Produções António Lopes Ribeiro, Radiotelevisión Española, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, SGGC, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, Studio Canal +, Tobis Portuguesa, Tornasol Films, and VO Filmes

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Biographical, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Fantasy, Feature, Historical, Religious, Road, Romance, Short, and Show business

Film subject(s):

• Actors -- Drama
• Actors -- France -- Drama
• Aging -- France -- Drama
• Angola -- History -- Revolution, 1961-1975 -- Drama
• Art -- Portugal -- Porto
• Authors -- Portugal -- 19th century -- Drama
• Beckett, Samuel, 1906- Pour finir encore et autres foirades -- Film and video adaptations
• Bible. O.T. Job -- Drama
• Boys -- Portugal -- Drama
• Castelo Branco, Camilo, 1825-1890 -- Amor de perdição -- Drama
• Castelo Branco, Camilo, 1825-1890 -- Drama
• Children -- Portugal -- Drama
• Cruz, Antonio
• Duero River (Spain and Portugal)
• Fishermen -- Portugal -- Porto -- Drama
• Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary -- Film and video adaptations
• Freitas, Rodrigues de. Meninos milionários -- Film and video adaptations
• Grandparents as parents -- France -- Drama
• Hunting accidents -- Drama
• Jesus Christ -- Drama
• Love -- Portugal -- Drama
• Luis, Agustina Bessa. Fanny Owen -- Film and video adaptations
• Luis, Agustina Bessa. Vale Abraão -- Film and video adaptations
• Man-woman relationships -- Portugal -- Drama
• Memory -- Drama
• Middle class -- Portugal -- 1930s -- Drama
• Motion picture producers and directors -- Portugal -- Drama
• Nobility -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- 19th century -- Drama
• Parents -- Death -- France -- Drama
• Passion plays -- Drama
• Plays -- Drama
• Portugal -- Colonies -- Africa -- Drama
• Portugal -- History -- Drama
• Poverty -- Portugal
• Pregnancy -- Drama
• Regio, José, 1901-1969. Benilde: ou a virgem-mãe -- Film and video adaptations
• Regio, José, 1901-1969. O meu caso -- Film and video adaptations
• Rescues -- Portugal -- Drama
• Rich people -- Portugal -- Drama
• Sanches, Vicente. O passado e o presente -- Film and video adaptations
• Suicide -- Portugal -- Drama
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Portugal -- 19th century -- Drama
• Virgin birth -- Drama

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