CINEMA, MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA AND ME
A film by João Botelho
2016, 81 minutes
2016, 81 minutes
No. 259
Documentary
Documentary
Description
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. This wonderful documentary is a journey into the cinema of Manoel de Oliveira - director of such films as The Strange Case of Angelica, I'm Going Home, Francisca, and many other - his method, his way of filming and his extraordinary cinematographic inventions.
He lived for over a century, over a century of cinema, cinema in its entirety. His turns of fortune and his knowledge, my own turns of fortune. For him, and for me now, documentary and fiction films go hand in hand; it is all about cinema.
Festivals
Official Selection, Locarno Film Festival
Official Selection, Punto de Vista
Official Selection, Cinéma du Réel
Official Selection, Hong Kong International Film Festival
Official Selection, Pesaro Film Festival
Official Selection, Punto de Vista
Official Selection, Cinéma du Réel
Official Selection, Hong Kong International Film Festival
Official Selection, Pesaro Film Festival
