Release Date

31 Aug, 2003

Runtime

01:36: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Um Filme Falado

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Actors

Leonor Silveira

Filipa de Almeida

John Malkovich

Catherine Deneuve

Stefania Sandrelli

Irene Papas

Luís Miguel Cintra

Ricardo Trêpa

Júlia Buisel

David Cardoso

Manoel de Oliveira

Crew

Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel de Oliveira

Paulo Branco

Emmanuel Machuel

Valérie Loiseleux

Zé Branco

Isabel Branco

Philippe Morel

Ruth Sullivan