A Talking Picture (2003)
A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter about myth, history, religion, and wars. Men approach her; she's cool, on her way to her husband in Bombay. After Cairo, for two evenings divided by a stop in Aden, the captain charms three successful, famous (and childless) women, who talk with wit and intellect, each understanding the others' native tongue, a European union. The captain asks mother and child to join them. He gives the girl a gift. Helena sings. Life can be sweet.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Leonor Silveira Rosa Maria |
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Filipa de Almeida Maria Joana |
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John Malkovich Comandante John Walesa |
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Catherine Deneuve Delfina |
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Stefania Sandrelli Francesca |
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Irene Papas Helena |
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Luís Miguel Cintra Himself |
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Ricardo Trêpa Oficial |
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Júlia Buisel Amiga de Delfina |
Production | Paulo Branco | Producer |
Art | Zé Branco | Production Design |
Camera | Emmanuel Machuel | Director of Photography |
Directing | Manoel de Oliveira | Director |
Writing | Manoel de Oliveira | Writer |
Editing | Valérie Loiseleux | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Isabel Branco | Costume Design |
Sound | Philippe Morel | Sound Designer |