Manoel de Oliveira
Manoel de Oliveira was born in Porto, Portugal on December 11, 1908, to Francisco José de Oliveira and Cândida Ferreira Pinto. His family were wealthy industrialists. Oliveira attended school in Galicia, Spain and his goal as a teenager was to become an actor. He enrolled in Italian film-maker Rino Lupo's acting school at age 20, but later changed his mind when he saw Walther Ruttmann's documentary Berlin: Symphony of a City. This prompted him to direct his first film, also a documentary, titledDouro, Faina Fluvial (1931). He also acted in the second Portuguese sound film, A Canção de Lisboa (1933). His first feature film came much later, in 1942. Aniki-Bóbó, a portrait of Oporto's street children, was a commercial failure when it opened, and its merit only came to be recognised over time. This drawback forced Oliveira to abandon other film projects he was involved in, and to dedicate himself to running his family vineyard. He re-emerged onto the film scene in 1956 with The Artist and the City, a work that marked a turning point in Oliveira's conception of the cinema. In 1963, O Acto de Primavera (The Rite of Spring), a documentary depicting an annual passion play, marked a turning point for his career. This was shortly followed by A caça (The Hunt), a grim feature film that contrasted with the happy tones of his previous documentary. Despite the widespread acclaim garnered by both films, he would not return to the director's seat until the 1970s. Since 1990 (when he turned 82), he has made at least one film each year. Oliveira has said that he direct movies for the sheer pleasure of doing it, regardless of critical reaction. He maintains a quiet life away from the spotlights, despite multiple honours such as those of the Cannes, Venice and Montreal film festivals. He has been awarded two Career Golden Lions in 1985 and 2004 and a golden palm for his lifetime achievements in 2008.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 5.285 |
Birthday | 1908-12-11 |
Place of Birth | Porto, Portugal |
Also Known As | Manoel Candido Pinto de Oliveira, Manuel de Oliveira, Мануэль де Оливейра, Мануэл Ди Оливейра, |
1928
Fátima Milagrosa
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Aninhas (Aida Lupo), a paralyzed girl, asks for a miracle from the saint of her devotion, Our Lady of Lourdes, at the chapel of Penha (Guimarães), but...
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1933
A Song of Lisbon
8.4/36
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2007
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
5.3/10
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Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
1997
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
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2003
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
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Life and legacy of Agostinho da Silva. Traversing the biographical journey, the life and work of the Luso-Brazilian philosopher, this work has testim...
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2007
The 15th Stone
5.3/3
Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film directors [96-...
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The 15th Stone
1993
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
7.5/14
A long-hidden, personal doc about leaving a beloved house by the late, revered Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.
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1993
Oliveira, l'architecte
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Paulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1929, and where today Oliveira reminisces about the...
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Oliveira, l'architecte
1997
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
6.9/14
Manoel is an aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose fathe...
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Voyage to the Beginning of the World
1982
The Conversation Is Over
5.1/7
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchang...
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The Conversation Is Over
1990
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
6.075/20
Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portugu...
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1998
Anxiety
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An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro p...
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Anxiety
2001
Porto of My Childhood
6.7/14
Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.
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Porto of My Childhood
1994
Lisbon Story
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Lisbon Story
2007
Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele
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A tribute documentary to Manoel de Oliveira, on occasion of his 100th birthday.
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Manoel de Oliveira, O Caso Dele
1979
Doomed Love
6.7/15
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
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Doomed Love
2005
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
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1963
The Green Years
6.9/26
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The Green Years
2006
No Tempo do Cinema
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A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.
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No Tempo do Cinema
2006
Conversazione a Porto
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A conversation between the filmmaker Manoel de Olivieira and the writer Agustina Bessa-Luís.
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Conversazione a Porto
2011
Sem Cura - à saúde de Manoel de Oliveira
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2012
101
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An exploration of the movie "The strange case of Angelica" and an understanding Manoel de Oliveira's cinema.
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1978
Cinématon
4.3/6
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Cinématon
2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
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1981
Cinématon XI
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Reel 11 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.
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1991
The Divine Comedy
6.9/13
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2010
Sodankylä Forever
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2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
8.2/3
Agnès Varda travels around the world to meet friends, artists and filmmakers for an expansive view of the global contemporary art scene.
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Cinématon n°102 : Manoel de Oliveira
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1997
A Friendly Handshake
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From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince Henry the Navigator...
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A Friendly Handshake
2015
The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal
6.2/5
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2011
Guest
6/8
Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges...
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