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ABRAHAM'S VALLEY
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A young woman who possesses hypnotically powerful beauty enters into a loveless marriage with a wealthy doctor. Her vows do not prevent her from passionate explorations with others, but ultimately she cannot find spiritual nourishment in this world. "Subtle, elegant, enigmatic, this movie by the veteran Oliveira exercises a powerful grip...echoes the satiric irony of late Bunuel and the secretive minimalism of Bresson" (Wally Hammond, Time Out Film Guide). In Portuguese with English subtitles. Manoel de Oliveira---Portugal/France---1993---187 mins.
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BELLE TOUJOURS
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The sequel to Bunuel's 1967 film, Belle de Jour, directed by Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira at the age of 97, is a masterpiece in its own right. Michel Piccoli reprises his role as Husson, while Bulle Ogier steps in for Catherine Deneuve as the bourgeoisie housewife-turned-prostitute, Severine. Almost four decades after catching his friend's wife, Severine, in a brothel, Husson spots her once again at a concert in Paris and pursues her, dying to unlock the skeletons in her deep, dark closet. "...luminous...extraordinarily graceful" (Richard Brody, The New Yorker). A nominee for Best Actor (Piccolo) at the European Film Awards and an Official Selection at the New York Film Festival. In French with optional Manoel de Oliveira---Portugal/France---2006---70 mins.
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CAPITAES DE ABRIL/ APRIL CAPT
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Set in Portugal on the eve of liberation from Fascist rule, this charged historical drama tells the story of the military coup and subsequent rebellion that toppled the Portuguese government and changed the destiny of the country's African colonies. Renowned actress Maria de Medeiros directs and stars in this gripping and powerful portrait of a country at a crossroads. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Maria de Medeiros---Portugal---2000---124 mins.
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CASA DE LAVA/ DOWN TO EARTH
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In Pedro Costa's Down to Earth, a Portuguese nurse (Ines de Medeiros) escorts a patient to the island of Cape Verde, where she becomes entranced by the beauty of the volcanic terrain and the people. "Here's where you find the social consciousness, the mix of documentary and fiction, the narrative and visual starkness that would pop up in the even more demanding likes of Colossal Youth" (Philadelphia Weekly). An Official Selection at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Pedro Costa---Portugal---1994---110 mins.
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CINCO DIAS, CINCO NOITES
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Based on a book by Manuel Tiago, Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites, or Five Days, Five Nights, is a period drama set in late 1940s Portugal, when the right-wing government was in power. Paulo Pires plays a young revolutionary who breaks out of prison and must rely on an older, armed stranger (Vítor Norte) to help him escape to the north. Winner of Best Film at Portugal's Golden Globes. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Jose Fonseca e Costa---Portugal---1996---100 mins.
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CONVENT (MANOEL DE OLIVERA)
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John Malkovich and Catherine Deneuve are a married couple who become sidetracked from their own relationship while on a professional visit to a Portuguese convent. As a professor, Malkovich is determined to prove that Shakespeare was of Spanish Jewish origin. While he searches for evidence in support of his theory, Deneuve becomes enmeshed in a flirtation with their host, the sinister Baltar. Their exchanges bring the battle between good and evil to an intense carnal level through the lure of temptation. English, French and Portuguese with English subtitles. Manoel de Oliveira---Portugal---1995---90 mins.
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DEAD MAN'S MEMORIES
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Esteemed French actress Sylvie Testud stars in a shadowy whodunit that unfolds against the backdrop of contemporary Portugal. When a man's body is discovered on a beach, police dective Pinto (Miguel Guilherme) begins the hunt for clues. A mysterious video tape leads him to a beautiful young woman (Testud) whose version of the events only serves to obscure the truth. Markus Heltschel's tale of love, betrayal, and murder was a winner for Best Film at the Max Ophuls Film Festival. In German, English, and Portuguese with English Markus Heltschel---Portugal / Germany---2003---88 mins.
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ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLONDE-HAIRED GIRL
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In this just-feature-length film from Manoel de Oliveira, the 100-year-old Portuguese auteur, he casts his grandson as a young number-cruncher (Ricardo Trepa) who falls in love with the enchanting girl (Catarina Wallenstein) he spots across the way from his Lisbon office. Though his uncle/boss forbids it, he pursues the girl to his own downfall.
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I'M GOING HOME
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An aging Parisian actor (Michel Piccoli) tragically loses his wife, daughter and son-in-law in a car wreck, leading him to care for his orphaned grandson in this touching and often funny film from Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira (Voyage to the Beginning of the World). Just as life begins to return to normal, an American director (John Malkovich) offers the actor a role in a production of James Joyce's Ulysses, which stirs up old emotions. Also stars Catherine Deneuve. "Beautiful...A glorious film full of revel ations" (Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader). In French with Manoel de Oliveira---France/Portugal---2001---90 mins.
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LETTERS FROM FONTAINHAS: THREE FILMS BY PEDRO COSTA
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Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa has earned a reputation for making stylized films about downtrodden characters played by downtrodden people in the slums outside Lisbon. "...puts avant-garde formalism in the service of ethnographic documentary--or is it vice versa?" (Nathan Lee, Village Voice).
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NE CHANGE RIEN (CHANGE NOTHING)
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A striking black-and-white documentary on French singer/actress Jeanne Balibar. Instead of focusing on her biography, Change Nothing is a series of unedited performance videos. She and her bandmates prepare, play, and refine their songs, accompanied by high-key lighting and deep shadows. Together, the audio and visuals are dreamy, yet raw.
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O FANTASMA
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Filmed almost entirely at night, this erotic thriller follows a lonely trash collector exploring his sexuality through a series of anonymous and bizarre nocturnal sexual conquests. When he becomes fixated on a gay, leather-clad motorcyclist, his sexual dysfunction is fuelled into a dark obsession that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. "A trance-like surrealist fantasy" (Megan Turner, New York Post). In Portuguese with English Joao Pedro Rodrigues---Portugal---2000---90 mins.
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O PRINCIPIO DE INCERTEZA
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Based on a book by Agustina Bessa-Luis, The Uncertainty Principle is Manoel de Oliveira's slow, formal meditation on class and sacrifice. Leonar Baldaque plays Camila, who maneuvers herself into a dispassionate marriage with an aristocratic Ivo Canelas, only to suffer in silence as he openly cheats with Leonor Silveira. Nominated for the Golden Palm at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Manoel de Oliveira---Portugal---2002---133 mins.
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PORTO DE MINHA INFANCIA
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Having been in the business of making movies since the advent of sound, Manoel de Oliveira's relatively short but loaded Porto of My Childhood rightfully earned him the UNESCO Award at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. "Announcing its concern with memory in an opening title, the 95-year-old director's 35th film is, after a fashion, an elegy for his hometown, or at least the parts of it that no longer exist" (Philadelphia City Paper). In Portuguese with English subtitles. Manoel de Oliveira---Portugal---2001---62 mins.
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STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA, THE
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In Manoel de Oliveira's romantic ghost story set in 1950s Portugal, a downtrodden photographer is hired by a wealthy family to take a death portrait of their recently deceased daughter, Angelica. Magically, when he looks at the beautiful young woman through his lens, she comes to life. "Surprising in its casual grace" (Village Voice).
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TALKING PICTURE
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Manoel de Oliveira's majestic film follows a young history professor and her daughter on a pleasure cruise through the Mediterranean to Bombay, India. But, sailing towards the Persian Gulf, a strange threat menaces the ship and its passengers. With Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich. "Only a 94-year-old director could get away with ending on such a supremely audacious note" (Bright Lights Film Journal). In Portuguese, French, and Greek with Manoel de Oliveira---Portugal / France / Italy---2003---96 mins.
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TESTAMENTO
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A young woman finds out the truth about the wealthy father she never knew through a series of tape-recorded memoirs in this winning tale of the past meeting the present in Cape Verde. A universal story told within a very specific cultural landscape and with plenty of humor and color. "Testamento is no more and no less than a story of one man's life, presented as something surreal, absurd and vain--yet ennobled by moments of haunting tenderness" (Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle). In Francisco Manso---Cape Verde/Portugal/Brazil---1997---112 mins.
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VOYAGE TO BEGINNING OF WORLD
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In one of his last roles, Marcello Mastroianni stars as an aging film director who travels to Portugal to visit the elderly aunt of one of his actors. Along the way, the director revisits his own past and faces his own tenuous hold on life. A profound, semi-autobiographical feature from veteran director Manoel de Oliveira, who was 88 when he completed this film. "One of the most beautiful films ever made about aging" (Dave Kehr, New York Daily News). In Portuguese with English subtitles. Manoel de Oliveira---Portugal/France---1997---95 mins.
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WOMEN (FRENCH EST)
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An all-star group of veteran European actresses star in this emotional drama about five middle-aged women trying to deal with the ups and downs of love, life, families and friendships. Miou-Miou, Carmen Maura, Marthe Keller, Marisa Berenson and Guesch Patti are the elegant stars of this touching feature, made under the auspices of several international studios. "In our youth-worshipping culture, Women stands as a strong declaration that middle-aged women are vital, sexy and deep" (Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle). In French with English subtitles. Luis Galvao Teles---Portugal/France---1997---94 mins.
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