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CINEMA, MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA AND ME

by João Botelho

synopsis

An old photo 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. A journey into Oliveira’s cinema, his method, his way of filming and his extraordinary cine- matographic 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. So I had the audacity to film a magnificent story that Manuel loved but never filmed, one that he left behind. As if his hand and eyes, close to God, or among the gods, were steering me so that, even now, he can continue to film through me.

international title: Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me
original title: O Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira e Eu
country: Portugal
sales agent: Portugal Film
year: 2016
genre: documentary
directed by: João Botelho
film run: 80'
screenplay: João Botelho
cast: Mariana Dias, António Durães, Ângela Marques, Maria João Pinho, Leonor Silveira, Marcello Urgeghe, Miguel Nunes
cinematography by: João Ribeiro
film editing: João Braz
music: Nicholas McNair
co-producer: Alexandre Oliveira
production: Ar de Filmes
backing: Porto City Council, ICA, RTP

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