Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me

The story

“An old photograph 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 cinematic inventions. He lived for over a century, over a century of cinema, cinema in its entirety. For him, and for me too 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 Manoel loved but never filmed, one that he left behind as if his hand and eyes were close to God, or among the gods, and he was steering me.” - João Botelho

Cast & crew

João BotelhoNarrator (voice)

Mariana Dias

Mariana DiasRapariga das Luvas Brancas

António DurãesPai

Ângela MarquesMãe

Maria João PinhoIrmã

Leonor SilveiraDona do Bordel

Marcello UrgegheCliente

Miguel NunesJovem Bonito

Miguel Lopes Rodrigues

Miguel Lopes RodriguesCast